[int_19h]

It's the same aquifer though, right?

[Retric]

If the factory had simply shut down without hooking up their infrastructure, the area still would have had the exact same short term issues.

The issue was arguably a lack of wells in an extreme situation, not a lack of water in the aquifer.

[pstuart]

Aquifers are not infinite in capacity, so it's a valid point.

[Retric]

Again not what this was about.

If the area can’t support the factories water use then shut down the factory permanently. Wanting to hook up to its infrastructure is all about a lack of public infrastructure.

Many aquifers are over used, but that’s a long term problem and has nothing to do with a drought in a single year.