Scary Water Study from the NRDC. A fascinating and frightening recent study from the National Resources Defense Council unveiled serious threats to water sustainability in the United States over the coming decades.
In an era of rapidly unfolding climate change, the Council’s research found that more than 1,100 counties, or one third of all counties in the lower 48 states, face higher risks of water shortages due to global warming. More than 400 of these “will face extremely high risks of water shortages.” Source: National Resources Defense Council. A/RES/42/187 Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development. 96th plenary meeting 11 December 1987 42/187.
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