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Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

The shape of things to come?

Posted by Christy (Member # 4397) on :

That's pretty terrible.

I'm think I read a similar article about Mexico a while ago. Since we're putting so many dams on the Colorado river, the water is just a small stream by the time it crosses the boarder to Mexico.

Water crises in desert areas are becoming more and more of a concern.

A few reads from a brief search:
1997 article
Water LOST to Mexico
History of the Colorado River Compact

[ August 20, 2004, 11:54 AM: Message edited by: Christy ]

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

There is a quote by SOMEONE famous, which says, and I paraphrase: "The next major world war will be fought over water.

I think that is what the core of the Middle East issues are about. Land with water is so valuable that we, as water-rich Americans, cannot even fathom it.

I just got back from Phoenix, a city which expands farther and farther out into the desert every time I go home. More and more water is taken from the rivers and the ground. There has to be an end to it some time, and then what happens?

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

Hey, as if on cue!

"Scientists Say Risk of Water Wars Rising"

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040820/sc_nm/environment_water_dc