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Indiana’s plan to pipe in groundwater for microchip-making draws fire

The state is courting high-tech investments, but a new industrial park may lack enough water. Opponents say piping it from miles away might dry out residential wells.
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The fight over California’s ancient water

It’s legal to drink 10,000-year-old water. But is it right?
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A federal drought relief program left southern Oregon parched

For two decades, the Bureau of Reclamation incentivized farmers to pump water faster than the resource could recover, despite warnings from its own scientists.
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