CONCLUSION:
Warning signs
of a coming
water shortage:
-- Cities in naturally dry areas.
-- Huge population increases.
-- Insufficient maintenance
of the water supply infrastructure
MOST IMPORTANT:
-- Insufficient growth
of the water supply
infrastructure
to keep up with the
population growth
... caused by poor
government planning,
politicians unwilling
to spend the money,
or falsely blaming
cllmate change,
which has become
the universal
scapegoat.
In the U.S., only
Phoenix, Arizona,
Las Vegas, Nevada,
and
Southern California,
are at risk for
a future clean
water supply crisis.
THE REPORT:
Leftist politicians,
and their dedicated
communications staffs,
( The New York Times,
The Washington Post,
ABC TV, CBS TV,
NBC TV & PBS TV )
love to blame bad news
on climate change,
so leftist politicians,
and bureaucrats,
can avoid personal
responsibility.
Peter Schwartzstein
wrote a feature piece
in the New York Times
titled:
“The Merchants of Thirst”,
presented in the
January 11, 2020
online edition.
“For city authorities
that are already
struggling to maintain
the current
(water) supply
as climate change
strikes,
let alone source
additional water,
tankers can seem
like a safety net
they feel
powerless
to resist.’’
Many cities
in developing
countries
and a few
developed
countries,
such as
South Africa,
struggle
to provide
adequate
clean, and
drinkable
fresh water
to homes and
businesses.
Fleets of
water tankers
deliver some
of the
needed water
to homes and
businesses.
Selling water
to desperate
customers.
Which means
the poor may
have to pay
the high prices
demanded by
the tankers.
Otherwise:
- No showers & baths,
- Limited cooking,
- No dish washing,
- No clothes washing,
- No toilet flushing,
and that's no good !
Wealthier
neighborhoods
usually have
far fewer
problems
with the
municipal
water supply.
If the rich
are cut off,
they usually
have standby
water tanks
pre-filled, and
fitted with
an electric
water pump.
High-rise apartments
advertise their ability
to supply 24/7
electric power
( diesel generators )
and 24/7 water supply
( on-site multi-thousand
gallon cisterns buried
under the building ).
When my
father in law
vacationed
at his cottage,
a few hours
north of Detroit,
he sometimes
had to buy water
for his dry well
during the summer.
Some people
use water tankers
to fill their
swimming pools
in the spring.
Climate change
is falsely claimed
to be
adversely affecting
the water supply.
The New York Times
article blames
climate change
for water shortages
at least three times, in:
(1) Kathmandu, Nepal
(2) Chennai, India
(3) Cape Town, South Africa.
(1)
KATHMANDU, NEPAL
There is nothing
in the entire article
about an ACTUAL
water shortage
in Kathmandu,
yet Schwarzstein
reports;
“But no matter how hard
the [tanker truck] crews worked
or how furiously they pushed
their lumbering vehicles
over the potholed roads,
there was no satisfying
the city’s needs.
The going was too slow.
The water shortage too severe."
In fact, here was
NO water shortage
in Kathmandu --
there was a water
infrastructure problem.
Schwartzstein
actually reported
the infrastructure
problem AFTER
falsely blaming
climate change !
“It had been 11 days
since a ruptured valve
reduced Kupondole
district’s pipeline flow
to a dribble " …
“By the time
the pipeline
was fully restored,
some households
had subsisted on
nothing but small
jerry cans for almost
an entire month.”
Kathmandu had
a population
of 671,846 in 2001
-- 1.5 million today
(2)
CHENNAI, INDIA
In Chennai, India,
reservoirs have been
allowed to silt up,
reducing their capacity
while the population
of the city of Chennai
has boomed !
Chennai had
a population
of 4 million in 2000
-- 11 million now.
(3)
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA:
Time Magazine reported
the Cape Town situation as:
“The city’s outdated
water infrastructure
has long struggled
to keep up with the
burgeoning population."
Cape Town had
a population
of 2,900,000 in 2001
-- 4,600,000+ now.
The main
problem
is inadequate,
antiquated,
infrastructure.
Delivering
fresh water
requires a more
complicated
system than
you might
imagine.
Below is a diagram
of Oahu, Hawaii’s
water system:
1. Source(s) of water
2. Water treatment facilities
to sanitize the water
3. A water distribution system with valves, booster pumps, supply mains and distribution pipes of adequate size
4. In poorer countries, many public water fountains and faucets need water too.