| inbluevt | Date: Saturday, 2013/05/25, 7:41 PM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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With about half of the country still suffering from extreme drought, farmers and businesses in the Western United States are looking at another hot, dry summer.
And the country's water risk is a lot worse than most assessments suggest, according to a recent study from the Columbia University Water Center.
Taking into account past patterns of drought and water use, the Columbia study reveals that several major metro areas, including New York City, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, are at high
risk for water scarcity, along with the Great Plains agricultural belt
extending from North and South Dakota down to North Texas.
Read on
Message edited by inbluevt - Saturday, 2013/05/25, 7:43 PM |
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