Sprawl Causing Serious Water Shortages

Sprawl is one of the causes responsible for water shortages around the nation in regions as unlikely as rainy Seattle, other parts of water-rich Pacific Northwest, and counties around Lake Michigan.

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August 15, 2001, 6:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

A general warming trend, sprawl that covers the sponge of land that normally replenishes the nation's vast underground reservoirs, and the growing demands of agriculture and expanding cities are the reasons most often cited for accelerated water shortages. Some major American cities in the Southwest, including El Paso, San Antonio and Albuquerque, could go dry in 10 to 20 years. But a number of towns in New England and the well- watered half of the Midwest are also facing the prospect of running out of water in a generation's time."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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