Emily Kwong

Is it enough, though?

Because even with everyone using less salt, they're still using salt.

Burleigh McCoy, thank you so much for this story.

You're welcome.

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This episode was produced by Hannah Chin.

It was edited by our showrunner, Rebecca Ramirez.

Aru Nair checked the facts.

Jimmy Keeley was the audio engineer.

I'm Emily Kwong.

Thanks for listening to Shortwave, the science podcast from NPR.

Hey, short wavers, Emily Kwong here, continuing our water series, where we dive into all things H2O.

With me is producer and fellow mermaid, Burleigh McCoy.

Hi, Burleigh.

Oh, so it's not like a bathtub?

Right, watering crops.

So what does that mean for farmers like Hayes who rely on aquifers for their livelihood?

So he can't plan on a certain yield, which makes the business side of farming really hard.

Saturday on the show, the state of the world's groundwater and what it means for life on the surface.

Plus, how farmers like Hayes are rethinking how they use their water.