Report: Warmer Climate Puts Water Supplies at Risk in 1000 US Counties

[Elmore Furth]

Climate change is not just a theoretical concern but has real risks.

A new report says more than 1,000 counties across the United States are at risk for potential water shortages by midcentury as warmer temperatures deplete supplies and demand for water rises.

The report, released Tuesday by the Natural Resources Defense Council, says some regions including the Northeast could see a boost to water supplies as climate change shifts weather patterns.

But for much of the rest of the country, the group paints a sobering picture of warm temperatures further taxing aquifers already stressed by heavy agricultural and consumer use.

Fourteen states were highlighted as being most at risk: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.

http://www.nrdc.org/globalWarming/watersustainability/

Report: Warmer Climate Puts Water Supplies at Risk

[opihimoimoi]

1. R Limpass sez GW is a myth...a plot.....by them Liberals...he avoids REALITY

[sfwriter]

2. Wow, a lot of red states...

That makes it worse. They are less likely to prepare.