Mostly, during several decades of pumping water from soil, without limits thru borewells in all over the country for the green revolution.
2006-09-03 16:29:08 · 2 answers · asked by ஃ panen et circenses ஃ 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Advances in recylcing is our only hope to be honest.
In England there is a 20 years plan just been started that is going to lay an entire network of huge pipes in the ground that will get the water from the really rainy parts of England (Wales and Scotland) and bring it through the entire country to the areas that need it the most...
2006-09-04 02:45:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
That is a truly knotty question. By far the largest user of water in the United States is agriculture, and (especially in the west) the rivers have been pretty well tapped out. I expect that the Mississippi-Missouri system may be tapped for more agricultural water than it is now. Advanced irrigation techniques can help some, but on a large scale they are very expensive.
2006-09-03 16:34:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋