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As if we needed another reason for water conservation…

In this April 11, 2014 photo, low reservoir levels reveal tree stumps and a cracked lake bed in Williams, Ariz. Officials in Williams have declared a water crisis amid a drought that is quickly drying up nearby reservoirs and forcing the community to pump its only two wells to capacity. (Associated Press)
In this April 11, 2014 photo, low reservoir levels reveal tree stumps and a cracked lake bed in Williams, Ariz. Officials in Williams have declared a water crisis amid a drought that is quickly drying up nearby reservoirs and forcing the community to pump its only two wells to capacity. (Associated Press)

WATER -- "Drink before you're thirsty," says the savvy coach of endurance sports.

The same logic and science can be applied to conserving water locally and globally before there's an obvious need.

Here's the latest research to back me up:

International study finds world's groundwater resources unrenewable
The results of an international study that mapped the Earth's groundwater supplies found that most of those resources are not renewable and that only about six percent of the 23 million cubic kilometers of the Earth's groundwater supply is renewable over 50 years.
--Calgary Herald



Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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