Divining Water: Dowsers in Big Demand During California Drought

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Dowsing or divining, the ancient method of discovering water underground, is finding new life in drought-ridden states such as California.

June 29, 2014, 4:40 AM EDT / Updated June 29, 2014, 11:03 AM EDT / Source: CNBC

By Mark Koba

Water dowsers are in demand in California, where the drought has killed the lawn outside the state Capitol in Sacramento. — Dust rises around a walnut tree as a worker mows weeds in Gridley, Calif., where the drought is in its third year.Jae C. Hong / AP

Mark Koba

Mark Koba is a senior editor at CNBC.com. Topics for his feature story writing include the business of politics, health care, employment and the economy.

Before working at CNBC.com, he spent 11 years at Bloomberg LP, where among various duties, he was program producer for the award-winning "Bloomberg Small Business" television show.

Koba's background includes a decade of news writing and show producing at CNN, E! Entertainment Television, ABC's "World News Now," "Good Morning America" and CBS' "This Morning."

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