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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Water is precious but we have no more or no less of it that we ever had. A big problem is that government wants to send needed water to larger areas and this will cause a shortage for some of us. Maybe a shortage for many before it is over.
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Actually, we do have less fresh water available than we used to. Ancient aquifers are rapidly being drawn down all around the world. And the recharge rate on fossil water is so slow, it is essentially a non-renewable resource. Once you pull that water out, it's gone.
Also, as glaciers melt away, the year-round supply of fresh water they used to provide goes away too. Again, less water is available.
And higher average temperatures dry things out faster. The evaporation of fresh water impounded behind dams is higher, so not only are the droughts longer, they take away more of the water we have in storage. There are too many examples of this to list, but a couple you may have heard about are the City of Atlanta's reservoir and lakes Mead and Powell.
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