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Groundwater: 'Go Deep or Go Dry’ is Unsustainable
Groundwater: 'Go Deep or Go Dry’ is Unsustainable
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Nov 3, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Debra Perrone, Assistant Professor UC Santa Barbara, discusses the dwindling groundwater supply affecting 12 million US wells caused by global warming and over-consumption. The world relies on groundwater, which is getting harder and harder to find. With groundwater close to the surface vanishing, well-drillers are forced to turn to deep drilling for corporate, agricultural, and domestic water needs. But going deep this way is far more expensive and increasingly yields contaminated water.
Released:
Nov 3, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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