Future Global Water Shortage.

[52ndStreet]

I wanted to ask everyone, what is the United States of America , and the United Nations
doing to effectively deal with the coming global drinking water shortage?.

We are already experiencing drought in the western United States, and in East Africa.
Clean Drinking water is in short supply for many nations through out the rest of the world.

What is America and the rest of the world planing to do to deal with this coming water shortage.?

 

[Mr. H.]

Of the more than 7,500 desalination plants in operation worldwide, 60% are located in the Middle East. The world's largest plant in Saudi Arabia produces 128 MGD of desalted water. In contrast, 12% of the world's capacity is produced in the Americas, with most of the plants located in the Caribbean and Florida. To date, only a limited number of desalination plants have been built along the California coast, primarily because the cost of desalination is generally higher than the costs of other water supply alternatives available in California (e.g., water transfers and groundwater pumping). However, as drought conditions occur and concern over water availability increases, desalination projects are being proposed at numerous locations in the state.

Seawater Desalination CHAPTER ONE

 

[52ndStreet]

Of the more than 7,500 desalination plants in operation worldwide, 60% are located in the Middle East. The world's largest plant in Saudi Arabia produces 128 MGD of desalted water. In contrast, 12% of the world's capacity is produced in the Americas, with most of the plants located in the Caribbean and Florida. To date, only a limited number of desalination plants have been built along the California coast, primarily because the cost of desalination is generally higher than the costs of other water supply alternatives available in California (e.g., water transfers and groundwater pumping). However, as drought conditions occur and concern over water availability increases, desalination projects are being proposed at numerous locations in the state.

Seawater Desalination CHAPTER ONE

Yes I know water desalination equipment is very expensive, but there will come a day in the future, when we will have a severe water shortage situation. Will the government take control of all water distribution at that point?

 

[Old Rocks]

Let's see. I pay the City of Portland for my water right now. So am I to say that the government has control of my water? Of course, no one is keeping me from buying it in the stores, or collecting the runoff from my roof, either.

So if coastal cities purchase the desalinization equipment, socialism has prevailed? Or just continued, since most municipalities have control of water and sewage at present.

 

[hjmick]

What is China doing? Russia? The E.U.? Canada? Mexico? South America? What is Australia doing? India...

 

[mudwhistle]

I wanted to ask everyone, what is the United States of America , and the United Nations
doing to effectively deal with the coming global drinking water shortage?.

We are already experiencing drought in the western United States, and in East Africa.
Clean Drinking water is in short supply for many nations through out the rest of the world.

What is America and the rest of the world planing to do to deal with this coming water shortage.?

Change over to beer.

Short of that I suggest that we turn the problem over to the UN.

 

[52ndStreet]

I wanted to ask everyone, what is the United States of America , and the United Nations
doing to effectively deal with the coming global drinking water shortage?.

We are already experiencing drought in the western United States, and in East Africa.
Clean Drinking water is in short supply for many nations through out the rest of the world.

What is America and the rest of the world planing to do to deal with this coming water shortage.?

Change over to beer.

Short of that I suggest that we turn the problem over to the UN.

We now have a serious water shortages in Venezuela.This was reported yesterday on the BBC world news.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Bullshit. I've been hearing this for 40 years.... we're gonna drown from too much water... there's gonna be not enough water... we're gonna burn to death... we're gonna freeze to death.

They've never been right about ANYTHING. Only an idiot is paying any attention to these dipshits.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Ever hear of the "dust bowl"????

Cars had been aound for... I dunno... MAYBE 30 years and there were MAYBE, MAYBE 1,000,000 WORLDWIDE?

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

So, are people arguing that water is actually disapearing? Where is it going? Are the Martians taking it? The Klingons?

 

[52ndStreet]

Bullshit. I've been hearing this for 40 years.... we're gonna drown from too much water... there's gonna be not enough water... we're gonna burn to death... we're gonna freeze to death.

They've never been right about ANYTHING. Only an idiot is paying any attention to these dipshits.

Well in between those 40 years miss, what you have been hearing, is happening in Kenya,
Ethiopia, the U.S. Southwest, and also in Venezuela. There are major droughts in these regions of the world.

 

[adeel_sami]

Water shortage in the part of Sind, Pakistan is much severe than the other parts of country ..
Not having the expected number of rain in the season of Monson .. And the glaciers are also melting at the high speed as the winter isn't that powerful here as it was years ago ..

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Well in between those 40 years miss, what you have been hearing, is happening in Kenya,
Ethiopia, the U.S. Southwest, and also in Venezuela. There are major droughts in these regions of the world.

And this is nothing new. Grow a set, get over it. And before you even go there... accurate record keeping is about a 150 years old... not even a blip in the history of this planet.. of no real consequence in trend analysis.

NEXT...

 

[The Libertarian]

I hope a lot of people die of thirst, hunger, whatever. Thats the only way global warming will ever go down: less people. Anyways, I have a large spring on my property, what do I care if other people die of thirst?

 

[52ndStreet]

I hope a lot of people die of thirst, hunger, whatever. Thats the only way global warming will ever go down: less people. Anyways, I have a large spring on my property, what do I care if other people die of thirst?

With all these water shortages, your spring could eventually run dry. Be careful what you wish for.

 

[The Libertarian]

I hope a lot of people die of thirst, hunger, whatever. Thats the only way global warming will ever go down: less people. Anyways, I have a large spring on my property, what do I care if other people die of thirst?

With all these water shortages, your spring could eventually run dry. Be careful what you wish for.

No chance, I live up in the mountains, we have constant water run off year round.

 

[52ndStreet]

I hope a lot of people die of thirst, hunger, whatever. Thats the only way global warming will ever go down: less people. Anyways, I have a large spring on my property, what do I care if other people die of thirst?

With all these water shortages, your spring could eventually run dry. Be careful what you wish for.

No chance, I live up in the mountains, we have constant water run off year round.

But with the advent of global warming, that water runoff will all be melted away.You will be high and dry in a few years.

 

[Bfgrn]

Climate Change at the Third Pole

I write from Ladakh, where we are studying the impact of climate change and evolving participatory adaptation and disaster preparedness strategies with local communities.

The melting of snow in the Arctic and Antartic due to global warming and climate change is reported frequently. However, the melting of the Himalayan glaciers goes largely unreported, even though more people are impacted.

Presently 10% of the earth's landmass is covered with snow, with 84.16% in the Antartic, 13.9% in Greenland, 0.77% in the Himalaya, 0.51% in North America, 0.37% in Africa, 0.15% in South America, 0.06% in Europe. Outside the polar region, Himalaya has the maximum concentration of glaciers. 9.04% of the Himalaya is covered with glaciers, with 30-40% additional area being covered with snow.

The glaciers of the Himalaya are the Third Pole. They feed the giant rivers of Asia, and support half of humanity.

 

[Old Rocks]

Bullshit. I've been hearing this for 40 years.... we're gonna drown from too much water... there's gonna be not enough water... we're gonna burn to death... we're gonna freeze to death.

They've never been right about ANYTHING. Only an idiot is paying any attention to these dipshits.

Not too bright, are you? We are seeing droughts, and major flooding in differant parts of the world. To the point of negatively affecting the agriculterual production on all continents.

 

[The Libertarian]

With all these water shortages, your spring could eventually run dry. Be careful what you wish for.

No chance, I live up in the mountains, we have constant water run off year round.

But with the advent of global warming, that water runoff will all be melted away.You will be high and dry in a few years.

Not permanent snow, I'm just at the top of the water chain. I say let the ice sheet melting begin.