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Pollution, precipitation, floods: close encounters with the elixir of life.

Where is the water going?

11.30.2021
Lois Henry + Ryan Christopher Jones
How a federal drought relief program left southern Oregon parched—and contributed to the ongoing groundwater crisis in the West
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by Safiya Charles
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10.14.2021
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