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Irrigation water coming from an underground aquifer. this comes from 300 feet in the ground. it varies quite a bit, all at 300 feet. reporter: trapped underground for millions of years and now being tapped by thousands of farmers. the aquifer is a fixed water supply, most shallow in texas where it could run dry. what i m doing, trying to figure out as the aquifer dries out, how will i farm this land? reporter: better drought resistant seeds and conservation in this land. when it dries out, so does the farmling. and so does the economy and towns like happy, texas, are depressed. reporter: draining sources for water, main street remains a ghost town. reporter: it feeds 11 cities including lubbock and amarillo. right now, it s 50 feet below ....