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Reconciling cities with water scarcity

January 23, 2012 by Kaid Benfield
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    When you look at the official US drought monitor map, you immediately see that many American cities may be in the wrong places for long-term water sustainability.  In particullar, note the presence of “long-term,” severe-to-extreme drought conditions across most of Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and... [read more]

The looming “water gap”

November 23, 2009 by Marc Gunther
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There’s good and bad news from a sweeping new report on the world’s water scarcity out today from McKinsey & Co., commissioned by such water-dependent companies as Coca-Cola, Nestle, SAB Miller and Syngenta, along with the World Bank/International Finance Corp. The bad: Global demand for water already exceeds supply—about 1.1... [read more]