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Green Roots blog: How climate change impacts water supply

Posted by: Maven on July 30, 2010 at 6:57 am

From the Planning & Conservation League’s Green Roots blog:

“A new report by the consulting firm Tetra Tech reveals the impact climate change will have on water supply reliability in the United States and clearly demonstrates that urgent action is needed to move California toward more sustainable water supplies.

As part of its analysis, Tetra Tech used an index to assess risks to water supply reliability on a county-by-county basis. Fully one-third of all counties in the lower 48 states will face high risks of water shortage by 2050, and nearly half of those will face extremely high risks of water shortage. Water use in some of these high-risk areas like the Great Plains and the Southwest is already unsustainable. As climate change affects temperature and precipitation levels, the number of counties facing high water shortage risks will increase, and areas like the Great Plains and the Southwest may not have any available precipitation at all. … “

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July 30, 2010 · Filed Under Climate change & water supply

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One Response to “Green Roots blog: How climate change impacts water supply”

  1. Trager Water Report on July 30th, 2010 5:25 pm

    But as the Climategate scandal showed, man-caused global warming is a lucrative hoax. Check this:
    http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/-259100–.html

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