KQED KQED Newsroom October 10, 2015
Fire it up. Its better than nothing. Reporter johnny and drew joa Third Generation farmer. My grandpa came out of texas. He told me years ago, whiz i sks for drinking. Reporter andrew is struggling to keep the drought green. Its lifting the water. Reporter he is turning to a last resort, drilling for ground water. You are looking at 200,000 to drill a well. You are looking at the pumping cost every month of about between 2,500 and 3,500 per well. Reporter farmers like andrews use 80 of the states developed water, growing everything from tomatoes to almonds. With the drought in its fourth year,...