As Groundwater Dwindles, a Food Shock Looms

Re:As Groundwater Dwindles, a Food Shock Looms by cardamomo on Sunday December 25, 2016 @03:28PM (#13255302)

I grew up next to Lake Michigan, a huge source of fresh water. Yet for decades only municipalities within the Great Lakes watershed have been allowed to draw water from them. That pact has only recently started to be challenged by thirsty nearby communities[0]. I fear that groundwater crises in the Midwest will continue to erode what I see as a rational and sustainable restriction on the Lakes' water.

[0] http://www.wpr.org/great-lakes-compact-councils-oks-waukesha...

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Re:As Groundwater Dwindles, a Food Shock Looms by 60654 on Sunday December 25, 2016 @04:40PM (#13255533)

Yeah, no doubt there will be challenges, so it's good that the Great Lakes Charter [1] exists to regulate (ie. restrict) access from non-neighboring communities.

But, even further away from the Great Lakes, the midwest seem roughly okay for now - IA, IL, OH, IN, WI, all seem to have okay rainfall and ground water levels. But the great plains states, KS, OK, TX, etc, which were historically less arable, are set to experience greater changes for the worse :(

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Charter

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