Thank you for visting this blog. I’m not an expert on water restrictions in various countries, but a little googling turns up a recent article about restrictions right here in the U.S., in the state of Florida.

Here are two articles about water restrictions in Australia … first, in Melbourne … then also in the Murray and Murrumbidgee valleys.

Wish I knew more! I would try googling things like “water restrictions, worldwide” or “water restrictions, countries” or something like that …

Best of luck!

Deborah

You’re an engineer? It sounds as if you understand nature in a deep way.

If people reading this thread want to help in Africa, one way is to donate to the Millennium Villages project. It’s run by sustainability scientists at the Earth Institute at Columbia University, and I believe they are trying very hard to understand and help.

CHANGE -In Ramu,in Papua New Guinea, a camp for 400 workers was supplied with modern water toilet systems. I objected to this as my experience was that ‘long drop’ toilets were much more practical. Eventually, ‘long drop’ were constructed for obvious reasons.

Drinking water -The water supply was from a bore hole and carried by large tankers.
These tankers had a two and a half inch outlet. People put their containers under it and water overflowed in great quantities. They also bathed their children under it, again a great waste of valuable water.

I had the outlet pipe reduced to a one quarter inch hole and people were still able to fill their containers and bathe the children and much less water was needed.

There is a definite need for change. My experience shows that ‘nature’ has its own, very effective way of bringing about change.

I believe we must do what we can to assist.

George

Sam … I see. Thank you for explaining. I’m hearing you say that you believe global warming is here, but that it will not be a crisis. I’m somewhat with you on that. One of the hard things about presenting the reality of the human role in global warming - in the past year or so - has been that the “controversy” has forced those who accept humanity’s role in climate change into suggesting that crises will occur. It seems to me - having watched this issue over decades - that scientists themselves have had to start speaking of crises in order to be heard.

But, like you, I don’t necessarily believe global warming will cause a crisis in the U.S. Maybe it will and maybe it won’t. Maybe it will be as simple as making a few adjustments to our lifestyles … planting less water-intensive lawns and gardens, for example. I pray that will be so easy. On the other hand, I surely do believe global warming will cause a crisis - on top of the crisis that already exists - in Africa and other developing countries. And I believe those who live there are our brothers and sisters … I care about them.

And I have to say I agree with Neil above … some places in the U.S. … like Phoenix … might have a serious problem.

And of course global warming doesn’t always mean drought. According to scientists, it will bring more climate extremes. More flooding and more drought. More flip-flopping back and forth between the two, in any given location - as the years pass and as the rate of climate change accelerates. The operative word is “change.”

A local climate that flips between extremes will be a tough climate for a different reason … it’ll be tough to build the human infrastructures we need to get water where it needs to go … and keep it from going where it shouldn’t.

I wish I could assist in finding a solution.

George