Alberta's Lake DROPS 85% In 24 Hours - 1.8 Million People In Danger скачать в хорошем качестве

Alberta's Lake DROPS 85% In 24 Hours - 1.8 Million People In Danger

Alberta's Oldman Reservoir dropped to its lowest level since construction, and intake pipes stopped delivering water. Southern Alberta's water crisis is exposing a system that was built during the wettest century in two thousand years — and that century is over. The Oldman Reservoir supplies drinking water and irrigation for 1.8 million people across southern Alberta. A multi-year drought collapsed reservoir levels, forced communities to truck water at $7,500 a day, and triggered 13 agricultural disaster declarations. Alberta's Auditor General found the province's water management system broken at nearly every level. As glaciers retreat and snowpack declines, the question is no longer whether the next drought will come — but whether the infrastructure can survive it. Sources: Alberta Government — Drought Current Conditions (alberta.ca/drought-current-conditions) CBC News — "'A societal issue': Drought-plagued Alberta braces for even worse conditions" CBC News — "'A race against time': Alberta community chasing solutions after months of hauling water" The Narwhal — "An Alberta drought isn't new — but it's getting worse" Global News — "Auditor general finds Alberta's system for managing surface water is ineffective" Schindler & Donahue (2006) — "An impending water crisis in Canada's western prairie provinces" (PNAS) Oldman Watershed Council — "Low Flow: Where Did the Water Go?" Alberta Provincial Reservoir Storage Summary (rivers.alberta.ca) #Alberta #Drought #OldmanReservoir #WaterCrisis #Canada #SouthSaskatchewan #PrairiesDrought #ClimateChange #WaterShortage #Irrigation #CanadianRockies #GlacierRetreat