Saturday, October 19, 2013

More Water Stress than Meets the Eye

In nearly 1 in 10 U.S. watersheds, water use exceeds the natural water supply. Water stress worsens as colors trend from green to yellow to orange to red. (Credit: Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Western Water Assessment)
A team led by researchers at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado in Boulder examined 2,103 watersheds across the United States and found that in 193 of them – nearly 1 in 10 – water use has surpassed the natural water supply.

 These basins are classified as “water stressed,” and the researchers find that as climate change unfolds, this water predicament will worsen.

More Water Stress than Meets the Eye
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