Study: in 50 years, the United States will face a shortage of drinking water

According to American scientists, climate change and population growth can lead to water scarcity in most parts of the United States.

Prior to 96 from 204 water basins, which provide most of the country with fresh water, may not be able to meet the monthly demand for the 2071 year, reports Earth's Future magazine, which published the results of a preliminary study supported by the government, writes Voice of America.

A basin is a piece of land from where rainwater flows down a slope in the direction of the rivers and their tributaries.

“Over time, in many parts of the United States there will be less water,” said Thomas Brown, one of the authors of the study, a scientist from the Forest Conservation Service. “We’ll see some changes.”

The changes will affect the basins in the central and southern parts of the Great Plains, in the south-west and in the central part of the Rocky Mountains, as well as in some parts of California, in the south and mid-west of the United States, Brown notes.

Water shortages can be caused by an increase in demand due to population growth, as well as a reduction in total rainfall and accelerated evaporation due to global warming.

One of the possible ways to solve this problem is to resort to irrigation in the farm less often, scientists say.

According to them, the agricultural sector may account for more than 75 percent of water consumption in the United States.

The authors note that farmers would be less likely to water industrial crops that are mainly used as feed and biofuels - such as hay, field corn, soybeans, sorghum, millet, canola, and wort millet.

The findings of scientists based on computer models.

The research findings contradict the position of President Donald Trump, who is skeptical about climate change. Trump decided get out of the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015and also curtailed a series of environmental protection measures taken by his predecessor, Barack Obama, in order to increase the production of fossil fuels.

According to a UN report published last year, at current global warming rates, the average global temperature may rise from 2030 to 2052. on 1,5 degrees Celsius.

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