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Re:America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow by masklinn on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @09:54AM (#37307985)
The same is true of most crops, almonds contain less than 5% water.

The problem is that the water is still pumped out the acquifer, and non-acquifer water is still water which generally becomes unavailable to other uses because it evaporates or is too polluted.

Re:America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow by myshpa on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @12:29PM (#37310297)
And those pastures and alfalfa fields don't replenish aquifers, forests do.