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    Permanent Drought and Water Efficiency

    The dried-out forests of South Lake Tahoe are ablaze today with hundreds of homes destroyed and hundreds more in danger.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    The dried-out forests of South Lake Tahoe are ablaze today with hundreds of homes destroyed and hundreds more in danger. Meantime, a historically Western problem is moving East. Grass that used to be underwater caused massive fires last month in Florida's Lake Okeechobee; there's drought in about one-third of the country, including 40% of Alaska and parts on Minnesota. However, not all water shortages are caused by Mother Nature. With drought increasingly a fact of life, we talk about shortages caused by the way we use water. Are water restrictions and higher prices in store?

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    Water, Water Everywhere? Not Any More
    1. 1:38Fire Raging in South Lake Tahoe
    2. 7:26Permanent Drought and Water EfficiencyYou’re reading this
    3. 41:07Hamas Website Posts Audio/Video of Palestinian Captives
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Dan Konecky

      Producer, To the Point

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Mike Hayes

      Associate Director of the National Drought Mitigation Center

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      Bob King

      Politico.com

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      Dennis Bragg

      third-generation farmer in Meridianville, Alabama

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    Water, Water Everywhere? Not Any More
    1. 1:38Fire Raging in South Lake Tahoe
    2. 7:26Permanent Drought and Water EfficiencyYou’re reading this
    3. 41:07Hamas Website Posts Audio/Video of Palestinian Captives
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