Global Warming Story of the Day: Aussies hardest hit


iconToday's Global Warming SoD comes from the land down under. If one trade association of water professionals is to be believed, Australians are going to get awfully thirsty in the years to come, reports ABC News (Australia).

The International Water Association (IWA) estimates up to 20 per cent of Australia's water supply is lost from underground pipes.

Tim Waldron is a member of the IWA Water Loss Task Force and will be part of an international workshop on the Gold Coast in Queensland this week.

He says global warming is expected to impact heavily on water availability in the coming decades.

"One prediction is that by the year 2080 Australia will only have 50 per cent of the surface water that it has at the moment," he said.

"If that's anywhere near true, we are going to have to conserve water and manage the water systems in a far, far better way than we do at the moment."

I guess you have to provide your own gratuitous Kyoto reference. The article doesn't mention it, but Australia has also stubbornly refused to sign the Kyoto Treaty.


Category:  Global Warming
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