The World Is Running Out of Fresh Water. What Happens If We Do?
Published in Truthout
Veena Srinivasan unpacks India’s groundwater problem, and its implication on agriculture.
“In some of our work we’ve found these villages are going into electricity debt just in order to be able to chase the water tables…It’s a huge burden on taxpayers. Huge burden on farmers. Huge burden on the villages. And a huge burden on the planet.”
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Dan Ross for Truthout
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The World Is Running Out of Fresh Water. What Happens If We Do?
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