What the Paso Robles groundwater basin crisis looks like
How Paso Robles groundwater basin elevations changed from 1997 to 2013
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County maps from 2009 and 2013 (the mos + 1997-2009: How it looked 7 years ago
recent available) show how groundwater levels
have fallen in the Paso Robles basin. The
hardest-hit region is the Estrella Sub-Area
around the city of Paso Robles.
SOURCE: Paso Robles Groundwater Management Pn
TRIBUNE MAP BY BETH ANDERSON,