“Water may become a more significant
source of contention than energy or
minerals out to 2030 at both the intrastate
and interstate levels.”
Water may become a more significant source of
contention than energy or minerals out to 2030 at
both the intrastate and interstate levels. Although
water stress
a
exists in the United States and Mexico
and along the western coast of South America, the
world’s major belt of water stress lies across northern
Africa, the Middle East, central and southern Asia, and
northern China. These stresses are increasing because
this is also the zone of the largest projected population
growth during the next 15-20 years
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