The next great water crisis may be under our feet

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Every day we awaken to new headlines depicting a world in crisis: storms, floods, droughts, refugees, diplomatic conflict, war. As we move deeper into an era of climate unpredictability, pollution and resource scarcity, they increasingly have one thing in common: they are water-related. And among the most challenging of these may be a water source we rarely think about: the groundwater beneath our feet.

This piece was first published on Zilient.org, a news and information hub for resilience practitioners, and the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

 

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