The postwar village · Water and mills
The plain starts to use more water than the rain brings
1958 Probable
Until about 1958 less groundwater was pumped in the Argive plain than the rain put back. After that the number of wells for citrus and fruit grew fast, the water table fell, seawater pushed inland and fields turned salty.
Read the full story: From spring to pump: how the water of Lerna made Myloi
- Where
- Argos
- Threads
- Water and mills
- Certainty
- Probable likely, but not fully proven
Sources
- K. Gkonis & D. Basiakos, Σύλληψη πηγών Αναβάλου Αργολίδας, diploma thesis, NTUA, 1978 Open (opens in a new tab)
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