State water officials track groundwater by air
TURLOCK, Calif. (KTXL) — As the California drought continues, water officials are using flight technology to monitor groundwater information in basins across the state, including those in the Central Valley.
The California Department of Water Resources is conducting helicopter flyovers to track the state’s groundwater from the air.
Low-flying helicopters use equipment to send signals to the ground that bounce back up, kind of like taking an MRI of the Earth’s surface.
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