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83. I don't live there and I'm not a geologist, but

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 10:16 PM

Mar 2015

I'd have to believe that in a region with as much historical natural rainfall as they have, in a country is big and wide as theirs, there would be lots of possible areas to find water below the surface. It's not a stretch for them to have aqueducts to deliver that water from far off either, other cities and civilizations have been doing that for thousands of years. That just seems obvious.

But I'm not doubting the gist of the article, cities have always been presented with natural resource problems and Earth's natural resources are not unlimited. So even if they do find another source(s) of lots of water, it's merely a short-term solution for a systemic problem of over-breeding and outstripping of the ecosystem.

It's stories like this that make me wonder when we start speaking up about sustainable human population levels. Seems to be a taboo subject that nobody wants to meaningfully address.

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I think Nestles, PepsiCo, and CocaCola are doing that now. nm rhett o rick Mar 2015 #8

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About the size of Connecticut. Octafish Mar 2015 #49

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Yes, and sulphurdunn Mar 2015 #132

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Drink Canada dry. alfredo Mar 2015 #38

Well played. Cooley Hurd Mar 2015 #52

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oh you! AngryAmish Mar 2015 #58

I did not know that rufus dog Mar 2015 #90

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Fine, good luck with surviving on 30%. former9thward Mar 2015 #136

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The poster I was replying to is saying they former9thward Mar 2015 #138

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Water refugees bikebloke Mar 2015 #9

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Moved away? Trillo Mar 2015 #19

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jtuck, you hit that one dead on onethatcares Mar 2015 #33

ridiculous. Trillo Mar 2015 #34

How fucked up a system that was. They labor, and you have to feed and clothe them. jtuck004 Mar 2015 #60

Welcome to my ignore list. Trillo Mar 2015 #70

Wow dreamnightwind Mar 2015 #97

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You missed my point regarding the mortgages... Trillo Mar 2015 #103

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Albuquerque? KamaAina Mar 2015 #65

No, which is why the lawns all dried up and blew away Warpy Mar 2015 #66

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Pray harder. blkmusclmachine Mar 2015 #75

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. Rex Mar 2015 #99

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