water scarcity
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Dead Fish Are Nearly All That’s Left of a Lake in Drought-Stricken Chile
Chile’s freshwater sources — and the people who depend on them — are in trouble.
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California Hydropower Plant Shuts Down as a Key Reservoir Drops to Record Low
Lake Oroville is the latest reservoir across the West to sink to a new low. The reservoir is getting so empty that a major hydropower plant has had to shut down months ahead of what officials expected in late June, reflecting the worsening situation across the state.
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Up to 20% of Crucial Groundwater Resources Are at Risk of Disappearing
Groundwater provides drinking water for half the world, including constituting the sole source of drinking water for 2.5 billion people. It also provides nearly half of the water used for agricultural irrigation globally. But a new study, published in the journal Science on Thursday, shows that up to 20% of it is in jeopardy.
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Drought-Stricken Chinese City Proposes Mega Pipeline To Pump Water From Siberia
The northwest Chinese city of Lanzhou has a serious water shortage problem. To address the issue, its urban planners have sketched out an ambitious plan to deliver water from Siberia’s Lake Baikal to the city along a 1000km-long pipeline. Getting approval for the project will be a monumental challenge, but it may be a sign…