The death of DUSEL, or a serious delay, would haveeffects that would ripple across the scientific community, saysMilind Diwan, a physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory inUpton, New York.

"We are facing an unsustainable situation, " says Diwan Singh, a Delhi environmental activist. "Soon—not in thirty years but in five to ten—there will be an exodus because of the lack of water."