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Thursday, 23 February 2012

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Coastal drinking water more vulnerable to water use than climate change

Saskatchewan, Canada (SPX) Feb 23, 2012

Human activity is likely a greater threat to coastal groundwater used for drinking water supplies than rising sea levels from climate change, according to a study conducted by geoscientists from the University of Saskatchewan and McGill University in Montreal. Grant Ferguson from the U of S Department of Civil and Geological Engineering worked with Tom Gleeson from McGill's Department of C

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Source: WSYR ABC 9 Syracuse Most Central New Yorkers don’t have to worry about their drinking water – the same can’t be said for 300 or so homes in the Madison County town of Lenox.

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