Shortage of Fresh Water Threatens to Become Global Crisis

From farmers to city dwellers, people in the western United States are very concerned about the supply of water. It's been a problem in California for several years, said Kevin Wattier, who formerly managed the water department in Long Beach, California. He called the current drought "clearly the worst" in the state's history. But the American West is not the only place thirsty for water, said oceanographer Jerry Schubel, president of the Aquarium of the Pacific....

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