Our Water Crisis Is WAY WORSE than You Think...Here's Why

[Uncle Joe]

Feb 12, 2025

From California’s epic few years of droughts and floods to wells running dry and aquifers depleting, water is a critical environmental issue. So, what do we do about it? In this episode, Maiya May tries to figure this out. To start, she visits Tulare Lake, California, once a critical water reserve and cultural site for the Tachi-Yokut tribe, which has re-emerged after 150 years. Maiya learns about agriculture's challenges, the depletion of groundwater, and finds hope in innovative farming practices that reduce emissions and conserve water. She then heads back to California to learn how water officials are utilizing floods to recharge critical aquifers.

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[PortTack]

1. Here in central Illinois, we've had maybe 2-3" of snow and a very dry snow at that. This year's crop yields will be way

Off unless we get some significant rain.

[IronLionZion]

2. The MAGA answer will be to delete PBS as "fraud, waste, and abuse".

[Finishline42]

3. There are a lot of things we can do without

Water ain't one of them...