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The Western U.S. is currently in a drought cycle, which will probably turn around to a wetter period by the end of the decade, so I'm not worried about the Western U.S. completely drying up. The High Plains Aquifer System is being drained of water at a faster rate than it's being replenished, and that is a long-term issue.
The Colorado River is being impacted by the recent droughts, and should perk up once wetter conditions return - the main reason that it doesn't reach the sea anymore is because of all the human uses of the water upstream which deplete it by the time it reaches Mexico. As for the Hoover Dam, I don't think current trends will continue for 4 years, but it's certainly too close a shave for comfort.
If we are in a "water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink", there's always the option of building massive numbers of desalinization plants and piping it into the interior. Expensive? Sure, but it's better than dying of thirst. When there is no fresh water available modern people have more options than their ancient counterparts did.
Texas has numerous other water sources besides the aquifer. I'm not worried at all.
Isn't Tbone Pickens from Texas and what's with Dallas going to run out of water? I'm not going to worry but maybe the kids and grandkids should start to............
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The Telegraph noted 95 percent of Ogallala water is used for agriculture, “but Pickens plans to pipe it 250 miles to Dallas, expected to triple in size in 30 years, with a demand for water far exceeding supply. Pickens is making the hottest of climate-change bets: that water’s value will rocket as it run’s dry. One man’s thirst is another man’s fortune ….”
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