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How a Federal Drought Relief Program Left Southern Oregon Parched—and Contributed to the Ongoing Groundwater Crisis in the West

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Then came new conservation regulations and litigation that complicated USBR’s water obligations. Infamously, California does not currently regulate groundwater.) A stone’s throw across State Line Road separating Oregon from California are a series of deep, powerful irrigation wells that reach up to 2,380 feet into the ground.

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