States With High Immigration Rates First to Face Critical Water Shortages : Mexican Invaders Destroy California and the West

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States With High Immigration Rates First to Face Critical Water Shortages

Thursday, January 17, 2013, 2:58 PM EST - posted on NumbersUSA

Water scarcity in the Western part of the country will be a pressing issue in 2013, predicts the General Accounting Office, and population growth fueled by high levels of immigration are partly to blame. In 2003, the GAO issued a report warning that by 2013 at least 36 states could face water shortages. But, states have been dealing with chronic water shortages for years with California, New Mexico and Arizona topping the list- proving that conditions are worse than the GAO's 2003 predictions.

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