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Humans are depleting groundwater worldwide, but there are ways to replenish it

  • Written by Scott Jasechko, Associate Professor of Water Resources, University of California, Santa Barbara
Humans are depleting groundwater worldwide, but there are ways to replenish itCircular irrigation for growing hay and alfalfa near Corcoran, Calif. − a water-intensive system that relies on groundwater pumping. George Rose/Getty Images

If you stand at practically any point on Earth, there is water moving through the ground beneath your feet. Groundwater provides about half of the world’s population with drinking...

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