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  • California farmers hire dowsers to find water

    03/03/2014 6:20:52 AM PST · by shove_it · 17 replies
    MyFoxNY ^ | 3 Mar 2014 | JASON DEAREN
    ST. HELENA, Calif. (AP) — With California in the grips of drought, farmers throughout the state are using a mysterious and some say foolhardy tool for locating underground water: dowsers, or water witches. Practitioners of dowsing use rudimentary tools — usually copper sticks or wooden "divining rods" that resemble large wishbones — and what they describe as a natural energy to find water or minerals hidden deep underground. While both state and federal water scientists disapprove of dowsing, California "witchers" are busy as farmers seek to drill more groundwater wells due to the state's record drought that persists despite recent...
  • California Farmers Hire "Water Witches" to Find Water

    03/03/2014 11:27:28 AM PST · by nickcarraway · 25 replies
    NBC Bay Area ^ | Monday, Mar 3, 2014 | Monday, Mar 3, 2014
    With California in the grips of drought, farmers throughout the state are using a mysterious and some say foolhardy tool for locating underground water: dowsers, or water witches. Practitioners of dowsing use rudimentary tools - usually copper sticks or wooden "divining rods" that resemble large wishbones - and what they describe as a natural energy to find water or minerals hidden deep underground. While both state and federal water scientists disapprove of dowsing, California "witchers" are busy as farmers seek to drill more groundwater wells due to the state's record drought that persists despite recent rain.