This is shocking news to me. I grew up on a farm with a well and assumed that the water was replenished. It is, but very very slowly. This is really bad news, particularly in places where agricultural use of well water is high.
Of course its renewable.. They Saudis have built over 300 recharge dams to collect groundwater... that replenish the aquifers. It just takes money and the will to do it.
This is very bad news for California. We have used up so much groundwater that some towns are actually sinking into the underground space that used to be filled with water.
This doesn't make sense to me. I live in Florida, and most of the drinking water comes from underground aquifers. We've had periods of drought in which those levels dropped, then they were replenished again with rain, so I'm curious about the science behind this study.
Florida has a high water table. Most places do not. In the end, it is a bigger problem for corporate agriculture than it will be for most people.
Population growth requires a greater demand for water so if rain cannot keep up with the demand, obviously its going to get low.
