Re:As Groundwater Dwindles, a Food Shock Looms
by ianai on Sunday December 25, 2016 @03:32PM
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Is anywhere not facing a water shortage? Where is it "best managed" or "least bad"
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Re:As Groundwater Dwindles, a Food Shock Looms
by jamesblonde on Sunday December 25, 2016 @04:59PM
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Ireland. Even if we lose most of the water through rusty pipes, there's still no shortage. Ireland uses that water to be the fifth largest beef exporter in the world and the largest exporter of beef in Europe.
Re:As Groundwater Dwindles, a Food Shock Looms
by fulafel on Sunday December 25, 2016 @04:37PM
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Human settlements have always been preferentially situated on rivers and other natural freshwater sources. So yes, many places are fine.
Re:As Groundwater Dwindles, a Food Shock Looms
by spangry on Sunday December 25, 2016 @08:20PM
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Singapore does pretty well, considering their 'traditional' main water supply is situated in another country (Malaysia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in...
They currently have the capacity to satisfy 30% of water demand using 'reclaimed water' (i.e. recycled) and 10% using desalinated. Although I don't think they actually need to fully utilise these capacities as 50-75 per cent of their water needs are met by man-made rainfall catchments.
Re:As Groundwater Dwindles, a Food Shock Looms
by philippnagel on Sunday December 25, 2016 @04:10PM
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Iceland, Guyana and Suriname seem to be doing alright [0].
According to the United Nations yearly availability of less than 1.700 cubic meters of water per year per capita is the lower limit [1].
[0]: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/ER.H2O.INTR.PC?year_high...
[1]: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/...
Re:As Groundwater Dwindles, a Food Shock Looms
by elihu on Sunday December 25, 2016 @05:12PM
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Oregonian here. Looks like we have above average snowpack currently:
http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ftpref/data/water/wcs/gis/maps/...
Re:As Groundwater Dwindles, a Food Shock Looms
by ktRolster on Sunday December 25, 2016 @04:11PM
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Most of the USA East Cost, and the Gulf of Mexico for that matter, do fine. In Alabama it almost rains too much for agriculture.
Re:As Groundwater Dwindles, a Food Shock Looms
by tfussell on Sunday December 25, 2016 @04:31PM
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We're definitely not fine in the Southeast right now. Large portions of Georgia in particular are in extreme drought. See: http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?...
Re:As Groundwater Dwindles, a Food Shock Looms
by billsmithaustin on Sunday December 25, 2016 @04:28PM
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Alabama is in the midst of a drought.
Re:As Groundwater Dwindles, a Food Shock Looms
by guard-of-terra on Sunday December 25, 2016 @03:58PM
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Siberia maybe? Plenty rivers, no much use for water.
Now, contamination is another question I presume.