Is Your Irrigation Well Wearing Out? The Specific Capacity Check

Nobody notices a well losing ground. The pump still runs, the pivot still turns, and the water still comes. But each season it takes a few more feet of drawdown to get the same gallons, and the power bill carries the difference. By the time the pump starts surging in...

Drawdown vs. Pump Level: How Low Can Your Well Go?

It is mid-August, the set has been running for days, and the discharge line starts to surge. Someone at the well hears it before anyone sees it on a gauge. By then the question is no longer “is there water down there?” It is “how much room did we...

When Groundwater Becomes The Limiting Factor For California Farms

The Shift Is Already Happening For a long time, groundwater was the fallback. If something was off, timing, application, or conditions, you could correct it. There was room to adjust, even when decisions were not perfect. That margin is starting to disappear. Across...