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Yep. I personally know folks with a small ranch outside of Sacramento who had to dig down 90 feet to find water for their well. Hard to imagine that being replenished by a few rainy seasons.



Even in places where water is more plentiful that's not a particularly deep well.


Hmm maybe it was deeper. I remember being shocked at the time, but my memory of the scale may be significantly off. It was discussed in the context of "there is barely any water in this aquifer these days."


Maybe it was 900 feet? That would be more in the range of "shockingly deep, but quite possibly necessary in California".




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