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The Associated Press issues a correction to its water shortage story

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on October 30, 2007 at 9:44 pm

The Associated Press issued this correction to its story a few days ago about pending water shortages in 36 states. When I saw this come up on the newswire, I figured they probably overstated something in the article. I was a bit surprised by this: Did you think Florida’s 2.4 trillion gallons was a lot? or too little? no frame of reference? Read on:

In an Oct. 26 story about diminishing water supplies nationwide, The Associated Press, relying on information from the state of Florida, gave an incomplete accounting of the state’s annual water usage. State water officials said Floridians use about 2.4 trillion gallons of water a year. But after the story was published, the officials acknowledged that the annual figure was freshwater usage only. They also acknowledged that Florida uses an uncounted amount of treated and desalinated saltwater each year for consumption and for tasks such as cooling power plants.

So it’s actually a lot more than 2.4 trillion gallons!

Uh, thanks for the clarification.

October 30, 2007 · Filed Under General Water Issues

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