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Prepared by:
Wan Mohd Firdause Bin Wan Jesfrydi(46077)
Save water even if you were on
the banks of a flowing river.
Prophet Muhammad S.A.W.
(Narrated by Imam Ahmad)
Full article can be
found at National
Geographic Website:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/08/
140819-groundwater-california-drought-aquifers-
hidden-crisis/
Whats that article all about?
Groundwater
surface water
lost from the
drought.
PHOTOGRAPH
BY PETER
ESSICK,
NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC
30 % of all water used to irrigate U.S. agriculture is pumped here (High Plains Aquifers)
Some of its level are rising but many parts are decline
Dimick(2014):
Two-thirds of the Ogallalas(High Plains Aquifers) water
reserves underlie the state
The flow of the Republican River has been reduced
Pumped by thousand of Nebraska farmers
Fed in part by groundwater seeping into the streambed
The Prophet (Muhammad s.a.w.) said The last Hour will not
come unless the land of the Arabs once again becomes
green and rivers Muslim
Parker(2016):
Over the past three decades,
Saudi Arabia has been drilling for
groundwater
Dennis Dimmick(2014). If You Think the Water Crisis Can't Get Worse, Wait Until the
Aquifers Are Drained. Retrieved from:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/08/140819-groundwater-california-drought-
aquifers-hidden-crisis
/
Laura Parker(2014). What You Need to Know About the World's Water Wars. Retrieved
from: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/07/world-aquifers-water-wars /
Jacob, James, Parker(2014). A Vanishing Aquifer. Retrieved from:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/08/vanishing-aquifer-interactive-map /
CERES(n.d.). Investor Guide to Fracking water risk. Retrieved from:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/08/vanishing-aquifer-interactive-map /
USGS(2000). Groundwater resources for the future: Land Subsidence in the United States.
Retrieved from: http://water.usgs.gov/ogw/pubs/fs00165/
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