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A helicopter takes off with airborne electromagnetic (AEM) equipment to survey a groundwater basin in California.
The California Department of Water Resources is using an innovative, helicopter-based technology to gather information about the state’s groundwater aquifer structure to support drought response and the implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.
DWR’s use...