An Impending Water Crisis in Canada's Western Prairie Provinces
David Schindler & William Donahue
April 04, 2006
- English
Dr. David Schindler and Dr. William Donahue show that climate warming and human modifications to catchments have already significantly reduced the flows of major rivers of Canada's Western Prairie Provinces during the summer months, when human demand and in-stream flow needs are greatest. In the near future, climate warming will combine with cyclic drought and rapidly increasing human activity in the Canada's Western Prairie Provinces to cause a far-reaching water crisis. (This paper is part of the special series of Inaugural Articles by members of the National Academy of Sciences elected on April 30, 2002.)