Coastal drinking water more vulnerable to water use than climate change

Thursday, 23 February 2012

Coastal drinking water more vulnerable to water use than climate change

Saskatchewan, Canada (SPX) Feb 23, 2012

Human activity is likely a greater threat to coastal groundwater used for drinking water supplies than rising sea levels from climate change, according to a study conducted by geoscientists from the University of Saskatchewan and McGill University in Montreal. Grant Ferguson from the U of S Department of Civil and Geological Engineering worked with Tom Gleeson from McGill's Department of C

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Source: WSYR ABC 9 Syracuse Most Central New Yorkers don’t have to worry about their drinking water – the same can’t be said for 300 or so homes in the Madison County town of Lenox.

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