Where is the water going?
Farmers in the heart of California’s agricultural belt – Kings County – sense something is awry with their water supplies. In this intensively farmed, perennially dry county, water is leaving at a concerning rate. … As far as [walnut farmer Steve Walker] knows, no agency, city or county board is trying to figure out what’s really happening. … But this much he knows — certain groundwater wells in the county are running practically year round, even in wet years.