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redqueen

(115,103 posts) Thu Oct 3, 2013, 01:33 PM Oct 2013

The Global Water Crisis - How much water do we really use every day?

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The Global Water Crisis - How much water do we really use every day? (Original Post) redqueen Oct 2013 OP

The Southwest is Dying dsteve01 Oct 2013 #1

Water is supposed to cycle into the air and fall as rain or snow. JDPriestly Oct 2013 #2

dsteve01

(312 posts)

1. The Southwest is Dying

Reply to redqueen (Original post)

Thu Oct 3, 2013, 02:05 PM

Oct 2013

The Rio grande is drying up. We're mining water from the aquifer in ABQ. Soon that will run out and, best case scenario, we can take water from Colorado lakes.

The road to the Apocalypse is paved in plastic bottles.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)

2. Water is supposed to cycle into the air and fall as rain or snow.

Reply to dsteve01 (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 3, 2013, 03:44 PM

Oct 2013

Problem is climate change. The seeming water shortage is the result, not the cause.

We should have plenty of water. And why can't we focus more on cheaper technology to allow us to desalinize sea water?

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