Atlanta to run out of water?

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by GodKing
Well, I just hope that the lack of available water will cause some of the industries that moved out of northern states to consider moving back, where we have this little thing called "the great lakes".

Do they still catch on fire?

[Dis]

And really, that is the problem. No one likes cold weather and crime ridden cities.

The amount of people that have moved to the southeast and southwest is astounding. this is eventually going to impact these areas. If our lake runs dry, well we are ****ed. plain and simple. No one seems to be planning for this. They are just hoping for the best I suppose.

[Victor Galis]

Originally posted by GodKing
Well, I just hope that the lack of available water will cause some of the industries that moved out of northern states to consider moving back, where we have this little thing called "the great lakes". Michigan has the one of the worse economies of all the states, and I am hoping for some good out of them southerners misfortune.

To be fair, I remember seeing an article saying the Great Lakes are losing enough water themselves such that shipping companies are worried. Obviously they won't go dry though.

It's ok, give global warming a few more decades and people will be moving up to the pleasant temperate North out of that unbearable, dry South.

[mactbone]

Tampa still has droughts which is funny because there are some natural springs but they sold the rights to that water. It's where some of the bottled water comes from (Evian maybe?)

I've also heard that the southwest subsidizes the water that farmers buy. Of course farming down there is an inefficient use of resources, particularly when droughts are common.

So, there are lots of parts to the problem: lots of people, lack of infrastructure, inefficient uses of water, and natural conditions.