THE HEADLINE IS BOGUS
This has nothing to do with the “Worlds Water Supply” - and has every thing to do with Russians mismanaging the water supply to this lake.
• As water has been drained from the rivers for farming, the sea’s water has become much saltier.
• As more water has been taken from the rivers, the sea’s water level has decreased by over 60%.
http://www.orexca.com/aral_sea.shtml
THE HEADLINE IS BOGUS
This has nothing to do with the “Worlds Water Supply” - and has every thing to do with Russians mismanaging the water supply to this lake.
(worth a repeat)
While the Aral Sea is an unmitigated disaster, Lake Baikal in Siberia is another story. Even the Soviets couldn’t mess that one up. Lake Baikal contains about 20% of the world’s fresh water reserves. The lake is over a mile deep and if it were to be drained, it would take all the water in the Great Lakes to refill it. Only the Caspian Sea has a greater volume of fresh water.