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It's interesting to note that the most severe water shortages are generally felt in places east of the Rockies and west of the Mississippi. The climate is simply too dry to support massive water consumption.

I also think human water consumption is dwarfed by agricultural and commercial water use.

Who is taking the water and hiding it? Water does not get used up. It is the ultimate in recycling.

Water can be scarce when people in certain geographical locations want more of something that was not there in the first place. So why are we developing those areas and then complaining about shortages? The shortage was in brains in the first place.

The World Bank and IMF are demanding of nations that participate in their system that they set up a system to charge for water, control the resource, and limit it's use. This is part of a program in order to maximize revenues from natural resources a country may have.

This water crap is just that. Water resources do not diminish globally unless aliens are coming here in space craft and stealing it.

You ought to see the lawn irrigation out here on the front range of Colorado. These guys grow Kentucky Bluegrass on their lawns and water the crap out of it. If you don't keep your lawn up the Neighborhood Association will sue you or the city will fine you. I moved here from Tennessee where I wished my lawn would STOP growing.