America's $232 billion lithium industry could drain billions of gallons of water from Colorado River and residential wells because Civil War-era law doesn't limit how much mines can use
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A report by students at Arizona State University uncovered that 72 proposed lithium mines in the US will drain billions of gallons of water from already stressed sources.
America's $232 billion lithium industry could drain billions of gallons of water from Colorado River and residential wells because Civil War-era law doesn't limit how much mines can use