A villager examines water at a well (IMAGE)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

A villager examines water at a well

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Communities in vast areas of Iran are facing severe groundwater shortage. A villager examines water at a well in Patargan sub-basin, eastern Iran, where water flow has diminished due to physical�limits to groundwater extraction.

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Image credit: Mohsen Maghrebi.

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