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Not A Drop To Drink: The American Water Crisis [INFOGRAPHIC]
Not A Drop To Drink: The American Water Crisis [INFOGRAPHIC]
Almost a year ago, we had talked about how we are potentially on the path to global Peak Water. Today’s infographic elaborates more on the problem on a national basis in the United States.
Right now, the average American consumes about 100 gallons of water per day both directly and indirectly. This is a problem of conservation and efficiency as much as it is supply, as the aging water infrastructure had its last upgrade during the Reagan era.
Source: Last Call at The Oasis via Visual Capitalist
Starved for Energy, Pakistan Braces for a Water Crisis
Starved for Energy, Pakistan Braces for a Water Crisis
Energy-starved Pakistanis, their economy battered by chronic fuel and electricity shortages, may soon have to contend with a new resource crisis: major water shortages, the Pakistani government warned this week.
A combination of global climate change and local waste and mismanagement have led to an alarmingly rapid depletion of Pakistan’s water supply, said the minister for water and energy, Khawaja Muhammad Asif.
“Under the present situation, in the next six to seven years, Pakistan can be a water-starved country,” Mr. Asif said in an interview, echoing a warning that he first issued at a news conference in Lahore this week.
The prospect of a major water crisis in Pakistan, even if several years distant, offers a stark reminder of a growing challenge in other poor and densely populated countries that are vulnerable to global climate change.
In Pakistan, it poses a further challenge to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, whose government has come under sharp criticism for failing to end the country’s electricity crisis. In some rural areas, heavy rationing has meant that as little as four hours of electricity a day is available.
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RIGZONE – Report: Texas Could Face 2.7 Trillion Gallon Water Shortfall by 2060
RIGZONE – Report: Texas Could Face 2.7 Trillion Gallon Water Shortfall by 2060.
The state of Texas could face a 2.7 trillion gallon water shortfall by 2060, according to a recent report by Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government and Public Service. To address this potential shortfall, the state should offer tax incentives to oil and gas companies to substitute brackish groundwater for fresh water, according to the report “Water Use for Hydraulic Fracturing: A Texas Sized Problem?” The report research was compiled by students with the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics and Public Policy, which is part of The Bush School. The use of hydraulic fracturing in shale exploration in the United States has allowed the nation to become the world’s largest producer of oil and gas. However, the process has been heavily scrutinized due to the amount of water used for production, especially in Texas, which has large demands placed on its limited water supply. According to the report, hydraulically fractured wells typically need approximately 5 million gallons of water per well. “Unfortunately, no one but the companies themselves has good information about which companies do and do not use brackish water,” Dr. Lori Taylor, director of the Mosbacher Institute, told Rigzone in an email statement.
– See more at: http://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_gas/a/136459/Report_Texas_Could_Face_27_Trillion_Gallon_Water_Shortfall_by_2060#sthash.ZqHOdd7d.dpuf
