Published in Environmental Research Letters · View the paper (DOI)
New research by UC Santa Barbara scientists reveals that the world's supply of fresh water may be more limited than previously thought. The study finds that drilling increasingly deeper wells risks pumping saline water in some regions, highlighting the need to protect deep fresh groundwater.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Competition for shrinking groundwater University of California - Santa Barbara · Nov 14, 2018 · first to report
- US groundwater in peril: Potable supply less than thought University of Arizona · Nov 28, 2018