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border aquifers
Coverage of border aquifers in the Nexus archive.
- Crews building Trump border wall in drought-hit New Mexico ordered to stop drilling wells
Construction crews building a border wall in New Mexico were ordered to stop drilling wells after ranchers claimed the groundwater pumping for concrete production threatens their livestock during a severe drought. The project, part of a $46bn federally funded initiative, has sparked controversies in border towns and environmental concerns.