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If You Think the Water Crisis Can't Get Worse, Wait Until the Aquifers Are Drained
We're pumping irreplaceable groundwater to counter the drought. When it's gone, the real crisis begins.
In ten years, the Colorado River Basin has lost the equivalent of two Lake Meads, the largest reservoir in the U.S., pictured here at dusk with Las Vegas in the background. [PHOTOGRAPH BY PETER ESSICK, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC]
By Dennis Dimick, National Geographic
PUBLISHED August 21, 2014
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/08/140819-groundwater-california-drought-aquifers-hidden-crisis/
We're pumping irreplaceable groundwater to counter the drought. When it's gone, the real crisis begins.
In ten years, the Colorado River Basin has lost the equivalent of two Lake Meads, the largest reservoir in the U.S., pictured here at dusk with Las Vegas in the background. [PHOTOGRAPH BY PETER ESSICK, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC]
By Dennis Dimick, National Geographic
PUBLISHED August 21, 2014
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/08/140819-groundwater-california-drought-aquifers-hidden-crisis/
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