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I'd see what the Dutch water suppliers have to say about it, pumping up ground water and managing the water table is kind of their thing.
by contravariant 3y ago
I'd see what the Dutch water suppliers have to say about it, pumping up ground water and managing the water table is kind of their thing.
- cutemonster 3y agoApparently pumping up, yes, managing, less. See this comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39732506 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39732506 > ... ground water shortages. Reason: farmers like irrigating their land (much of it below sea level) with ground water because it is cheap ...
- contravariant 3y agoIt should be noted however that this shortage is happening because the water suppliers are refusing to pump up more water than is sustainable. This is rather different from the free-for-all depicted in this article, and is in fact what I mean by managing the ground water.
- yencabulator 3y agoThey are refusing because of the previous over-pumping.