Another #water fact. This one isn't fun, however.
As much as a third of all food production today comes from unsustainable groundwater extraction —where groundwater is being used faster than it's being replenished. That cannot continue, but where is the replacement water going to come from??

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@petergleick From membrane desalination plants and reducing the production of water-intensive foods, mostly the latter probably.

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