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Arizona’s Pipe Dream

Arizona’s Pipe Dream

The Daily vor 3 Jahren

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A Times investigation revealed that in much of the United States,
communities and farms are pumping out groundwater at alarming
rates. Aquifers are shrinking nationwide, threatening supplies of
drinking water and the country’s status as a food superpower.

Christopher Flavelle, who covers climate adaptation for The
Times, went to Arizona, the state at the forefront of the crisis,
and looked at one especially controversial idea to address it:
desalination.

Guest: Christopher Flavelle covers climate adaptation for The New
York Times.

Background reading:

America is using up its groundwater like there’s no tomorrow.

Five takeaways from the investigation into the groundwater
crisis.

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