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New Report Projects “Extreme” Risk of Water Shortage by 2050 in Travis County

29th July, 2010 - Posted by katherine - No Comments

This Austin Chronicle story reports that “[b]ased on the most up-to-date data, the NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) study projects an “extreme” risk of water shortages by 2050 in Travis County. Texas emerged as one of 14 states at the most severe risk of additional water shortages and problems caused by climate change.”

The article continues, “Greg Meszaros, director of Austin Water, suggested a good response to the climate-change study is to take the utility’s 3C Challenge to commit to a 10% reduction in water use (with some help from the city’s water-use calculator at www.waterwiseaustin.org). “Conservation needs to be an everyday value, not just something you do during a drought,” he said. “We need that culture change.”

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