In North America, the last decade has seen the beginnings of what is expected to develop into a major cross-border dispute over water between the United States and Canada. Canada has been blessed with roughly 20 percent of the world's fresh water, and as some American communities now face recurring droughts and threats of having their water supplies run dry in the near future, many are looking to Canada to fill the need.
"I think [the water issue] is going to start coming up much sooner than a lot of people realize," said Maude Barlow, chairwoman of the Council of Canadians in an interview with the Epoch Times last week.
"There are huge parts of the American Midwest and South that are in deep trouble, water-wise, and I think it's just going to be a matter of time before they start looking towards Canada's water as they have done on energy and say that [Canada's] water is not [Canada's] anymore, it's continental water."
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Water, Water Everywhere? Fresh Water Battle May Begin Soon Between Thirsty U.S.
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"...The Projected April-July forecast for the Colorado River is 8.5 million acre-feet or 107 percent of average as of 16-Jan-2006..."<br />
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<a href="http://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/pao/rivops.html">http://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/pao/rivops.html</a>
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<a href="http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/rt">http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/rt</a><br />
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Note that percentiles less than 25 (orange, brown, red) means lower than normal. Keep checking as spring arrives, and see the reservoirs fill up again.<br />
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Of course, since most of the canadian Rockies get water from glacial melt, and those glaciers are steadily receeding, it may well be canada that runs out of fresh water, not the USA.