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Aquifers are being depleted at a far faster rate than they are being recharged (many won’t fill up again until after the next ice age). Climate change leads to less rainfall and greater evaporation in many parts of the nation as well.

Water depletion and pollution

Posted on December 6, 2011 by

Water Depletion Michael Specter. October 23, 2006. The Last Drop. Confronting the possibility of global catastrophe. The New Yorker. Cyanobacteria Brookes, J., et al.  7 Oct 2011. Resilience to Blooms. Science. Explosive cyanobacterial blooms cause disease in humans and livestock, … Continue reading →

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