Drying Wells, Rising StakesISBN: 9789264238701Platform/Publisher: OECD / OECD PublishingDigital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapters; Download: chapters Subjects: Agriculture and Food; Groundwater has provided great benefits to agriculture irrigation in semi-arid OECD countries, but its intensive use beyond recharge in certain regions has depleted resources and generated significant negative environmental externalities.