It’s not just Flint, Mich., where the water is bad. It is also contaminated in Hoosick Falls, N.Y., and, almost certainly, in hundreds of school districts, institutions and communities around the United States, where “potable” water has, on inspection, turned out to be seriously polluted. In many places in our country, the availability of any water is also now an issue. Large parts of California have been under severe water restrictions for most of 2016 because of inadequate water quantity, just as portions of the Southeastern U.S. were in 2015.
For the first time in a generation, water rationing is becoming an important policy option in a growing number of U.S. communities and, as the Earth continues to warm, is likely to become a familiar part of life for many farmers and other high-volume water users, including hydroelectric power plants and others with “once through” cooling systems. The U.S. is beginning to recognize that the days of freely available water are numbered and that both water scarcity and water quality need to be addressed more vigorously and more fairly by local and national policymakers.
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