Next to the air we breathe, it’s the planet’s most precious resource: fresh water. And it’s disappearing. In this episode of Reveal, we look at what’s
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How the lack of water led to violence from Mexico to Syria
A conflict with Mennonites in Mexico is the latest example of a world grappling with depleting water sources and increasingly violent conflicts erupting where water shortages have taken hold.
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California needs aquifers under its cities, study says
The Union of Concerned Scientists has concluded that the state needs to build underground water storage systems beneath cities to capture storm runoff, which can be used later during drought years.
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Debate spreads about Saudi dairy drilling wells in arid Arizona
Arizonans are debating what actions to take after a Reveal investigation showed the state’s limited aquifers are being drained to grow and ship crops overseas.
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9 sobering facts about California’s groundwater problem
For nearly a century, Californians have drained an incredible amount of water from the ground to grow crops and water landscaping. But the practice is not sustainable, and the water has not returned.
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California’s sinking terrain is costly – just ask San Luis Obispo
Not too long ago in that idyllic Central Coast city, an overdependence on groundwater became a destructive and expensive problem that today could serve as a warning to cities and counties throughout the state.
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California is sinking, and it’s getting worse
While the state’s drought-induced sinking is well known, new details highlight just how severe it has become and how little the government has done to
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As water dwindles, lawmakers seek access to confidential well logs
In California, well completion reports are considered confidential under a 64-year-old state law. A hearing will consider new legislation that would make these well logs public.
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Overpumping of groundwater is contributing to global sea level rise
So much water is being pumped out of the ground worldwide that it is contributing to global sea level rise, a phenomenon tied largely to warming temperatures and climate change.
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California is pumping water that fell to Earth 20,000 years ago
As California farms and cities drill deeper for groundwater in a time of drought and climate change, they are tapping reserves from the prehistoric er