Topping Trout Headwaters’ list of water wishes for the new year was: “Wishing that all water users will increase their conservation efforts so that healthy flows may be returned to our rivers.”
Securing access to plentiful, renewable sources of fresh water is among the biggest struggles large cities around the world face. Growing populations and declining fresh water supplies – from rapidly depleting aquifers as well as drought-stricken reservoirs and rivers – mean that cities are scrambling to find solutions.
“The ultimate price for not taking care of our streams and rivers is chronic water shortage,” says THI President Michael Sprague. “These shortages are upon us. We need to work even harder to reverse this trend by protecting and restoring our freshwater resources before many suffer the consequences.”
The Weather Channel looked at 10 major U.S. cities facing some of the nation’s most acute water shortages, and the hurdles they face in obtaining enough water to meet their citizens’, and industries’, needs.
The list begins with the driest major city in Texas.
