Southern Europe is running out of water – satellites show groundwater disappearing in Spain, Portugal, and France https://hive.blog/europe/@revisesociology/europes-getting-drier Posted by Express_Classic_1569
Express_Classic_1569 on February 7, 2026 9:34 pm Further Reading: Europe’s water crisis is much worse than we thought [https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/publications/europes-groundwater-a-key-resource-under-pressure](https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/publications/europes-groundwater-a-key-resource-under-pressure) Official EU data on groundwater pressures, quantity, and quality [https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/indicators/use-of-freshwater-resources-in-europe-1](https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/indicators/use-of-freshwater-resources-in-europe-1)
toomuch3D on February 7, 2026 9:40 pm Maybe, use some of that extra electricity in Spain to desalinate sea water and then pump the fresh water to where it is needed?
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Further Reading:
Europe’s water crisis is much worse than we thought
[https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/publications/europes-groundwater-a-key-resource-under-pressure](https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/publications/europes-groundwater-a-key-resource-under-pressure)
Official EU data on groundwater pressures, quantity, and quality
[https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/indicators/use-of-freshwater-resources-in-europe-1](https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/indicators/use-of-freshwater-resources-in-europe-1)
Maybe, use some of that extra electricity in Spain to desalinate sea water and then pump the fresh water to where it is needed?