[SCE] Forewarned ...

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Well water is keeping agriculture alive in Tulare County - and much of the rest of the San Joaquin Valley - through five years of California's historic drought. But two years after Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill designed to limit groundwater pumping, new wells are going in faster and deeper than ever. Farmers dug about 2,500 wells in the San Joaquin Valley last year alone, the highest number on record. The new groundwater law won't kick in until 2020.