Water Shortage

http://www.geosociety.org/news/pr/02-23.htm

This website page is talking about how some areas of Texas may have a water shortage in the next few years, this is because of the population growth in some areas of Texas that the Rio Grande which is relied on for drinking water is running low. Thers a been a drought in some areas of Texas for 10 years. i was really surprised by this, i knew that Texas was quite a dry state and that it didn't rain often there. i had no idea how serious the problem could be. This article talks about how one way to sort the water problem would be to use a water recharge process. i didn't know what this meant so i had to look up the definition:
'Artificial recharge occcurs when water is put into special basins or is directed into modified stream channels and allowed to sink into the ground. Artificial recharge also can take place when water is pumped directly in the aquifer through special wells.'
unfortuantly as my article says this process is not good for crop cultivation, which would be a problem in Texas because the people rely on the land so much. Having running clean fresh water is something which we take for granted in England. When i think of a county which has water shortage problems i would think of somewhere like Africa. it wouldn't cross my mind to think of states in America. i think because it's such a powerful country i would have thought they would have found a way to deal with water shortage problems along time ago.