Daily Junction.mobi portal<p>Preventing the next sinkhole is difficult. The government could address the problem. But it needs to introduce agricultural policies that treat groundwater as a finite resource, rather than a permanent substitute for rainfall.<!-- Below is The Conversation's page counter tag. Please DO NOT REMOVE. --><img src="https://counter.theconversation.com/content/295123/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic" alt="The Conversation" width="1" height="1" style="border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; margin: 0 !important; max-height: 1px !important; max-width: 1px !important; min-height: 1px !important; min-width: 1px !important; opacity: 0 !important; outline: none !important; padding: 0 !important" referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade" /><!-- End of code. If you don't see any code above, please get new code from the Advanced tab after you click the republish button. The page counter does not collect any personal data. More info: https://theconversation.com/republishing-guidelines --></p>
<p><span><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/nima-shokri-2412850">Nima Shokri</a>, Adjunct Professor, Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), <em><a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/united-nations-university-694">United Nations University</a></em>; <em><a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/technical-university-of-hamburg-5907">Technical University of Hamburg</a></em></span></p>
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