run dry

A study by Dr David Mansfield and satellite data firm Alcis warns that some regions could run dry within five to ten years, endangering millions of livelihoods.

But he added that this water eventually will go away as the glaciers continue to retreat, and that some streams, like those that feed the Tuolumne River in Yosemite, will run dry at times.

His excuses are running dry and we don't want to hear them anymore.

Wood was 105 and still throwing pots on her wheel when she was portrayed for the project, reminding Matzkin that “the well of creativity never runs dry.”

Where aquifer levels decline, wells and faucets increasingly sputter and run dry, people drill deeper and the land can sink as underground spaces collapse.