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Excessive use of groundwater in Herat to fuel future water crisis

With decreasing rainfall and a shortage of surface water in western Herat province, farmers have increasingly turned to solar-powered systems to extract groundwater for irrigation---an action that has raised concerns about a future water crisis.

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