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India's Water Problems India will grow from 1.2 B to 1.6 B by 2050 – Plots are being subdivided. - Farmers have 21 M wells. 175 M people are fed on “mined"
non-renewable water. "fossil aquifers” - Water tables dropped 1-2 meters per year from 1982-2000.
Farmer suicides are increasing. – Villages in NW India are being abandoned as aquifers are being depleted and people can no longer find water.
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