was listed as the top American city running out of water by 24/7 Wall St. Bureau of Reclamation predicts a water supply and demand gap in the Colorado River of about 3.2 million-acre feet by 2060 - roughly five times the amount of water that Los Angeles uses in a year.L.A. But demands on the river are often cited as unsustainable, due to predicted population increases and climate change. And CIRES' study showed much of the same areas with high to moderate stress on regional watersheds from the coast and all the way inland.Los Angeles relies on importing much of its water from the Colorado River system which has long provided the American West with water - seven states in all that are home to almost 40 million people. If you live in South Florida and you're not building a boat, you're not facing reality.' Estimated population: 413,892 (44th most populous city in U.S.), metro: 5,564,635 (8th most populous in U.S.)Ĭolumbia University's water scarcity study showed most of California, from San Diego all the way to Santa Barbara, at high risk for water problems. But long before the city is completely underwater, chaos will begin,' Goodell writes.When describing the rains that can quickly flood the intersections and parking lots in Miami Beach, 71-year-old resident Harold Wanless told Goodell 'This is what global warming looks like.

'By century's end, rising sea levels will turn the nation's urban fantasyland into an American Atlantis. Miami's watersheds appeared to be a relatively good shape in CIRES study and the city didn't appear to be at great risk on the Columbia University study, however in 2012 the University of Florida listed the city as the second most at-risk for water vulnerability due to 'low storage of water per capita.'But a recent piece from Jeff Goodell in Rolling Stone suggests Miami and much of South Florida's problems are much bigger.

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