Two Indicators: Water Pressure

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Two Indicators: Water Pressure

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Sep 3, 2021

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It's another extremely dry, hot summer for the American West. Our daily podcast, The Indicator from Planet Money, brings us two stories about the water shortage in the West with economic ideas that may help. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

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Sep 3, 2021

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