[HN Gopher] Millions of Groundwater Wells Could Run Dry
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Millions of Groundwater Wells Could Run Dry
Author : LinuxBender
Score : 12 points
Date : 2021-04-27 19:30 UTC (3 hours ago)
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| ianai wrote:
| Family of mine just had to install a cistern after their well
| needed to be extended-it's already been extended. Ie there's just
| no more water there I think or something.
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| Water in the southwest has obviously always been something to
| take seriously. But as someone who's always lived here, this
| seems much more pressing than anytime in the past. Wish this was
| a problem society could and would tackle as a "group effort".
| milkytron wrote:
| > Wish this was a problem society could and would tackle as a
| "group effort".
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| From a macro level, it has been. There have been water pacts in
| the west for nearly a century. But these will likely need to
| change in order to address the severity of the issue. I'm
| curious how these will be changed in the future, it seems like
| there might need to be new legislation sooner rather than
| later.
| ab_testing wrote:
| Arizona has some of the largest lettuce farms in the nation. They
| consume extensive amounts of water. They can be moved to
| someplace with lots of rain like the Pacific northwest.
| m463 wrote:
| Is because lettuce grows well with sunshine?
|
| I wonder if somewhere with lots of rain would (necessarily)
| have weaker sunshine and grow lettuce slower, or grow smaller
| lettuce.
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