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Water crisis

Water crisis. Dry spell: California farmers struggle with impending drought By Ken McLaughlin Media News staff Posted: 02/07/2009 04:46:00 PM PST.

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Water crisis

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  1. Water crisis

  2. Dry spell: California farmers struggle with impending droughtBy Ken McLaughlinMedia News staffPosted: 02/07/2009 04:46:00 PM PST Water shortages are a severe threat to the state's agricultural industry, which uses 80 percent of the water consumed by Californians to produce more than half of the country's vegetables, nuts and fruits. The industry, the state's largest, generates more than $36 billion annually in sales. It provides 1.1 million jobs in a state with one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation — 9.3 percent. http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?cl=11921090

  3. China resorts to artillery to fight droughtSun Feb 8, 6:40 am ET • Beijing last week raised its drought emergency to the highest level for the first time and sent relief supplies and technical specialists to eight major drought-hit regions. • More than 4.3 million people and 2.1 million head of livestock are short of water, the relief headquarters said this week, as parts of the nation experience their worst drought since the early 1950s. • The dry spell highlights one of China's main long-term worries, as water resources are being rapidly depleted due to the country's fast economic growth. • The capital, Beijing, is particularly badly hit, with experts warning the city of 17 million people will soon face water shortages. Severe drought hits China

  4. People lack drinking water and sanitation more than one out of six people lack access to safe drinking water, namely 1.1 billion people, and more than two out of six lack adequate sanitation, namely 2.6 billion people (Estimation for 2002, by the WHO/UNICEF JMP, 2004). Water resources are becoming scarce water withdrawals for irrigation represent 66 % of the total withdrawals and up to 90 % in arid regions, the other 34 % being used by domestic households (10 %), industry (20 %), or evaporated from reservoirs (4 %). (Source: Shiklomanov, 1999).

  5. The Next Water War May Be Georgia vs. Tennessee By Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor February 15, 2008. Drought-stricken Georgia is eyeing a stretch of the Tennessee River that has long been part of a border feud.

  6. We have an energy crisis, the next even bigger one isWATER CRISIS Save water now

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