Water will become a far more important resource than oil in 10 years

[Harmony Blue]

this is why Nestle is positioning itself to exploit this finite resources (drinkable fresh water). The reason why drinkable fresh water is so hard to come by is because most of the drinking water in the United States that doesn't require a lot of treatment comes from confined aquifers. The unconfined aquifers, lakes, and rivers are so contaminated and cost the taxpayer so much money to treat that it is seen as a last resort. Sea water can be turned into drinkable water but the sheer energy to do so pretty much makes it very unattracttive to do so (last, last resort).

What happened in W. Virginia is a tip of an iceberg, especially with all the Fracking going on. Water tables and the flow can vary by topography and the flows can be local, intermediate or regional in scale (very large area).

[1000words]

1. Yup ... You think the Oil Wars are ruthless?

Wait until the Water Wars. Humans can survive without oil ...

[adirondacker]

2. I'm hoping the environmental movement picks up momentum by then, because I believe we'll need it.

[GP6971]

3. I've said this years ago

The future wars will be about water. Although I haven't mentioned it on DU, Just look at the history of the Colorado River. Apply that worldwide. Hmmmmmm

[Flatulo]

6. My brother was telling me that the Colorado River gets completely consumed. It never reaches

the sea, but rather ends in a trickle.

A couple of light winters with insufficient snow pack in the mountains, and it will get ugly.

[alittlelark]

12. The Rio Grande is the same.

[NYC_SKP]

14. That has been true for a decade or two. Just do a Google Map Satellite view:

Try this link for the view from space:

https://goo.gl/maps/oe4X7

[newfie11]

16. Yep that's true. Nt

[GP6971]

20. I don't doubt it for one minute. n/t

[Live and Learn]

13. +1 nt

[Ron Green]

4. K&R. If this thread gets as much action as Kardashian,

I'll be pleasantly surprised.

[Flatulo]

5. Sad, but true. nt

[Harmony Blue]

19. I don't expect it to

but it would surprise me.

[Iliyah]

7. Well hell

chemical spills? Guess who have the drinking water.

[hunter]

8. Or this summer in California...

[Jenoch]

9. This will not be true of the majority of my state.

I live in Minnesota. All bit the southwest corner has plenty of water for the forseeible future.

[JDPriestly]

10. In Los Angeles, we are in the middle of a terrible drought.

It's really rough on our trees.

[democratisphere]

11. A US and World water crisis is only decades away.

Little or nothing is being done to thwart the coming global drinking water disaster. The ever increasing population can not be supported by the available resources.

http://www.infowars.com/30-facts-about-the-coming-water-crisis-that-will-change-the-lives-of-every-person-on-the-planet/

[CFLDem]

15. No worries.

Global warming will bring the water right to my doorstep here.

[cinnabonbon]

17. K&R

[nilesobek]

18. Risking the most precious resources

of the whole world. The United States has been blessed by its Northern water resources like the Great Lakes and rivers. Its a shameful situation we risk pollution and water wars because of our oil addiction.

The situation can only get worse as, one hundred miles away, the Hanford nuclear waste site has leaking barrels. This is close to the Snake and Columbia rivers and near aquifers. The Earth, while I believe to be a living entity, does have a finite amount of punishment she can take from mankind.

Its just a math problem. Sooner or later, at this rate, with the oceans poisoned and fished out, the fresh water resources fouled and rampant war on the rise. A savage struggle for remaining resources will occur in order to gain control of these finite resources.

People used to think that there was no limit to trees, water soil and other natural resources.