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Urgent Water Alert for Continent! (US & Canada) 36 States to face Water Shortages in the Next 5 Yrs E-mail
Below is the text of an email I received from Tony P., Mohawk, Attorney from New Jersey.  Contact Tony (201) 410-8253 (cell) or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  
   


Subject:  Urgent Water Alert for Continent!

The following is perhaps the most serious situation to ever face this Continent.  It involves water, the land, eco-systems, nuclear power plants, and more and involves privatizing water in the hands of a few corporations owned by people in US and Canada, then damming lands across Northern Canada to create huge reservoirs on Native lands, then constructing thousands of miles of aqueducts to direct the water South to the Midwest US, Southwest US and California.  I attach an actual powerpoint presentation (in French mostly, but it clearly shows on a map a few pages in the design of the reservoirs and aqueducts).  i also reproduce below a recent article demonstrating that there is an impending water crisis in the Southwest and Midwest US and California as a result of global warming.  These 2 things, taken together are solid proof that these things are about to happen,  Yet, no one has heard of this.  Something so major is not even being mentioned in the Press anywhere:


 
All:  She:kon:  Remember the power point i forwarded about the reservoirs to be created across Northern Canada and the aqueducts to bring the water from Northern Canada to the Southwest and Midwest US?   (i attach it again for your review)  Now read the following article about the anticipated droughts in California and the Midwest.  Any doubts about plans of the US and Canada to divert enormous water resources from Northern Canada to the US?  The Article follows:


 
Thirty-Six U.S. States to Face Water Shortages in the Next Five Years

by David

Gutierrez

(NaturalNews) At least 36 states are expected to face water shortages within the next five years, according to U.S. government estimates. Available freshwater supplies are dwindling across the country due to rising temperatures and droughts, while increasing sprawl, population and inefficient resource usage are leading to rising demand.

"Is it a crisis? If we don't do some decent water planning, it could be," said Jack Hoffbuhr, executive director of the American Water Works Association. Rising temperatures due to global warming have increased evaporation rates across the country and reduced the availability of important water sources. One of these is the Sierra Nevada snowpack, which supplies a significant portion of California's water. Across the West, similar trends are expected to reduce flows of the Colorado River, which supplies water for seven states.

Meanwhile, rising sea levels are expected to cause saltwater to infiltrate freshwater aquifers in coastal states, rendering that water unusable.

California uses about 23 trillion gallons of fresh water per year. The United States as a whole uses more than 148 trillion gallons for all purposes, including agriculture, manufacturing and other uses.

Other threatened regions include the Midwest, where the Great Lakes are shrinking, and upstate New York, where reservoir levels have fallen to record lows. Georgia's crisis has already arrived, and Florida's is expected to hit soon.

While Florida has no shortage of rainfall, widespread draining and paving of the region's natural wetlands has left the water unable to drain back into the soil. As a consequence, the state is forced to flush millions of gallons of water into the ocean per year to avert floods. The state's environmental chief, Michael Sole, has asked the Florida legislature to increase the use of reclaimed wastewater. Other states are encouraging measures such as desalinization, but it is widely accepted that conservation is the cheapest alternative.

Even with such measures, the forecast is not expected to improve. "Unfortunately, there's just not going to be any more cheap water," said Randy Brown, utilities director for Pompano Beach, Fla.


Twodogkd NOTE:  Tony P., Mohawk attached a powerpoint document to this email that was written in French (Montréal, CANADA where French is the primary language) .   It is a 16 page document, that includes a few pages of graphics and schedules.   If you would like a copy of this document please send me ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it )an email, with "WATER DOCUMENT" on the title line, and I will forward it to you. 
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