Kickoff
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Defines peak renewable water, peak nonrenewable water and peak ecological water and argues these create real limits rather than simple shortages. Cites global figures: about 2.5 billion without adequate sanitation, ~800 million without safe drinking water and roughly 2 million preventable deaths yearly. Points to wasted urban wastewater in California (~5 million acre‑feet) and shows groundwater overdraft maps (Central Valley, Ogallala) and Orange County groundwater replenishment plant and desalination as options. Notes California fourth year of a hot drought, reservoirs capped, and US water withdrawals falling since 1980 while GDP rises.
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