Original sentence: A May 2013  New York Times article "Wells dry, fertile plains turn to dust" recounts the relentless decline of parts of the High Plains Aquifer System
Edited sentence: In the United States, by May 2013 the center-pivot irrigator was described as the "villain"  in the New York Times article "Wells dry, fertile plains turn to dust" recounting the relentless decline of parts of the High Plains Aquifer System