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Irrigation water coming from an underground aquifer. >> this comes from 300 feet in the ground. it varies quite a bit, all at 300 feet. >> reporter: trapped underground for millions of years and now being tapped by thousands of farmers. the aquifer is a fixed water supply, most shallow in texas where it could run dry. >> what i'm doing, trying to figure out as the aquifer dries out, how will i farm this land? >> reporter: better drought resistant seeds and conservation in this land. >> when it dries out, so does the farmling. and so does the economy and towns like happy, texas, are depressed. ...

On your vart tropical storm lee is soaking the deep south. still 100 degree heat. texas. none of this moisture from this storm is headed to draws-stricken texas. we still have a lot of thunderstorms to deal with in chicago, st. louis, kansas city, minneapolis this afternoon. not a bad day for d.c. up through boston. as we look at your sunday, that heavy rain from lee continues over areas of mississippi and alabama, louisiana, and then by the time we get to labor day, we'll see a lot of those showers and thunderstorms begin to spread along the eastern seaboard as the middle of the country dries...