Groundwater: 'Go Deep or Go Dry’ is Unsustainable
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Science & Medicine
Water
Categories Via RSS |
Earth Sciences
Nature
Science
Publication Date |
Nov 03, 2020
Episode Duration |
00:28:05
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. 

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