Without Water: A Dangerous Future

"Since the major drought of 2012, water resource availability has been a serious concern among environmentalists, farmers, science educators, and concerned citizens here in the Midwest and throughout the world.At the beginning of each semester, Cameron Craig, geographer in the Department of Geology/Geography, asks his classes the primary question that gets to the essence of the situation, “How will we all endure as water resources dwindle with a changing climate?"" With puzzled expressions, he sometimes gets a single response, “There is no concern, we have plenty of water.” This statement concerns him as an educator even though he provides examples of people standing in line with a five-gallon bucket to get their water supply for just a day or showing satellite images of the Aral Sea in Russia shrinking significantly since 1989. Mr. Craig has also explained the story of the dwindling Colorado River that no longer reaches the Gulf of California or the drying up of aquifers in the Southwest and even here in the Midwest. Join Craig for two enthusiastic evenings to learn about the dangers of plundering our water supply and learn how we can protect it for future generations."

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