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Interesting read.
Even without the saltwater problem, drinking from the end of the Ganges sounds pretty bad considering how polluted that river is.
I have a hard time understanding the mentality of people having kids while complaining, there's not enough fresh water.
I suppose it's good that most of the local water supply here in ca comes from mountain snowpack melts.
I mean for one, people don't always have a choice about having children if they can't access birth control.
And there are cultural pressures that mean that having children is less of a choice and more a pre-ordained stage of life.