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> It's shameful and wasteful, and our country will run out of fresh water in my lifetime; I even heard one that says the aquifers will be running out within ten years.

This doesn't seem to track.

They take water out of the river and put the same amount back in as its a closed system in a pipe. How can they be responsible for lower water levels if they are net zero in usage?

Send me a link that backs up your claim that they are depleting the water table so I can fix the holes in my knowledge




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