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'''Water shortage''' is an increasing problem worldwide, and some predict that drinking water will dry worldwide up by 2040.<ref name="Predict">https://www.offthegridnews.com/current-events/shocking-claim-world-to-run-out-of-drinkable-water-by-2040/</ref> In 2018, it was estimated that 200,000 die in [[India]] annually due to lack of access to safe water.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/india/women-indian-village-take-fight-access-water-into-their-own-hands-2022-08-31/</ref>

A report on the massive [[Ogallala Aquifer]] that supplies water to the [[High Plains]] concluded the following:
{{cquote|*The area of the aquifer in the High Plains Underground Water District in West Texas has seen a 40-foot drop in water level since 1969.
*A study in Kansas estimated that the aquifer will run out of water in 50 years, or around the year 2064. Other experts think it could run out of water sooner.
*... West Texas and [[Colorado]]’s plains[] could run out of water sooner because they receive less rainfall. “How long the aquifer lasts depends on where you are,” [Lucia] Barbato said.
*Some counties in West Texas could run out of groundwater within 15 years. Those counties include the city of Lubbock ....<ref name="Predict"/>}}
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