Sunday, May 13, 2012

America's false sense of water abundance


California is often warned it will be the next Australia, where a decade of drought has devastated the agricultural sector. At the peak of Australia's drought, the film tell us, one farmer committed suicide every four days. We meet families who are struggling to save their farms, faced with having to slaughter all of their animals.

'Last Call at the Oasis': Why Time Is Running Out to Save Our Drinking Water

1 comment:

Arvind said...

Much of the southern part of US too is in the midst of an ongoing drought that has lasted around 2 years now.