Many geologists have said that the Ogallala aquifer only has 30 years of water left. Also before that estimate is reached what is coming out of it will not be as nice as it currently is. We have also watched events where both the Rio Grande and Colorado rivers haven't made their way to the ocean.

of course

It already is.

Ask Bangladesh - and, for an alternative take, several countries in Africa.

Atmospheric water generators are starting to appear on the market now for a few years. I predict it will become a huge market.

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A lot of areas have plenty of water. People should live there instead of in deserts.

Long term problem, yes. Short term, no. We have bottled water in every store in World. Maybe that's why water shortages occurred, it's all bottled up.

California has areas that are having current problems with a lack of ground water. As ice fields melt and mild winters produce little snow, ground water is going to be reduced in significant amounts and this needs to be addressed now.Winter runoffs need to be saved in reservoirs and water pipelines need to be constructed to areas that have little to no ground water. Water will become an important commodity as the climate change gets worse causing drought in some places and excess rain in others. The government needs to be addressing this problem today as it will become a large problem in the near future.