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Underground water reserves overexploited; may only last 60 years

August 10, 2012 5:45 AM2 comments
Underground water reserves overexploited; may only last 60 years

A new study suggests the world is depleting underground water reserves faster than they can be replenished. Scientists in Canada and the Netherlands say this is due to over-exploitation. The researchers are from McGill University in Montreal and Utrecht University in the Netherlands. They combined groundwater usage data from around [...]

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