Will the US run out of water?"The issue is not about running out of water, it's about having water in the right place," Lis Mullin Bernhardt, fr...

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Will the US run out of water?"The issue is not about running out of water, it's about having water in the right place," Lis Mullin Bernhardt, fr...
Will the US run out of water?
"The issue is not about running out of water, it's about having water in the right place," Lis Mullin Bernhardt, from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), told Live Science.

aerial view of lake powell with low water level with desert surrounding and mountains behind
Lake Powell has been severely impacted by reduced flow in the Colorado River. (Image credit: Skyhobo/Getty Images)
Within the next 50 years, many of the freshwater basins in the United States could struggle to meet the population's water demands.

Climate change is causing severe droughts and greater aridity — extreme dryness that can affect humans and the natural systems they depend on, especially in western states. Greater aridity leads to more climate extremes, drier soil and greater stress on agricultural production and ecosystems.

And water supplies could decline by a third by 2071, even as the population mushrooms to 404 million by 2050, compared with 334 million today.

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