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Is Yemen's Capital City Doomed?
Sana'a could literally run out of water by 2017. And so far, very little has been done
Yemeni capital Sana'a is on track for a highly dubious honor: experts say it may become the first waterless capital city.
A deeply poor and divided country, Yemen has been over-drawing from its aquifer for years. To make matters worse, the city's population is growing at 7 percent a year. And qat, a mild narcotic that requires significant irrigation, is the main cash crop.