UPDATE 9.20.24: Alex Rappaport recently reported in the Boston Globe that the effects of water shortage will ripple through the world. He writes:
As global leaders and innovators converge for Climate Week NYC, a critical issue remains conspicuously absent from the event’s 10 official themes: water scarcity. Across the globe, the struggle to secure adequate supplies of clean water is already reshaping societies and economies. And as the climate crisis deepens, accelerating shortages will touch every one of us in ways we are only beginning to understand.
The Global Commission on the Economics of Water estimates that by 2030, the amount of freshwater available on Earth could fall 40 percent short of what people and ecosystems need to survive. For many parts of the world, the crisis is already here. In Sicily, the worst drought in decades is forcing authorities to make difficult choices between allocating dwindling water supplies to agriculture or to hotels and bed-and-breakfasts that serve tourism. In Iraq, once the cradle of civilization sustained by the mighty Tigris and Euphrates rivers, farmers and fishermen now struggle as water flows have plummeted by a staggering 70 percent compared to previous decades.
Perhaps most alarming is the situation in India, where severe water shortages threaten to upend the lives of more than 1 billion people. Moody’s Ratings has warned that the water crisis could weaken India’s sovereign credit profile, as disruptions to agriculture and industry imperil economic growth and social stability. Major cities like Delhi, home to more than 30 million people, are grappling with the prospect of “day zero” events — the catastrophic moment when taps run dry — in the coming years.
This is not just a problem for arid areas any longer. More than 2 billion people globally live in regions where water scarcity is a growing threat. That includes cities such as Tokyo, Beijing, and Miami.
When water supplies dwindle, the consequences ripple through society: utility bills spike, food prices rise, power grids weaken, public health systems strain, and geopolitical tensions escalate. These far-reaching impacts underscore the urgency of reforming water markets and investing in innovative technological solutions that improve efficiency and tap into unconventional water sources.
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UPDATE 3.17.23: This week, our hometown of Key West, Florida, and the Keys along route 1 experienced a number of water main breaks that blocked traffic and cut water supplies. You can imagine how hard it is for bars, hotels, and restaurants to serve the tourist traffic here in town without water. Now there are water trucks filling up many of the scarce parking spaces in town. If you didn’t have enough stored water on hand to serve your family’s needs, it was a rude awakening. WPLG Local 10’s Janine Stanwood explains what happened here:
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Originally posted March 10, 2022.
What is your family going to do if the water turns off? How will you survive when the tap runs dry? Do you have a plan? Have you prepared to implement it? If not, the time is now. Start by downloading Your Survival Guy’s free special report, Emergency Water Storage: How Much, Containers, Purification & More.
U.S. Army Reserve Pvt. Richard Reyes and Sgt. Joewie Melendez transfer water to emergency disaster responders in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, Oct. 1, 2017. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Elvis Umanzor)
