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log In I Register I My account I Subscribe delivery I eEd,bon Search Al content Business listings Search Snc Inds . <br />Star%ibune news graphics <br />News Local Sports Business Politics Opinion Lifestyle Entertainment obituaries classifieds Autos Housing Jobs <br />Weekly ads <br />Nome News Graphics <br />Graphic: A future of water shortages? <br />Graphic by: MARK BOSWELL and RAYMOND GRUMNEY Updated: February 23, 2013 - 10:51 PM <br />At current rates of use the Prairie du Chien - Jordan aquifer, a major source of drinking water for the Twin Cities area, could be partly <br />depleted in some places by the year 2030. Areas shown in red would face 50 percent depletion, the level at which state regulators <br />would impose limits on water use by homeowners and cities. The Metropolitan Council has developed three scenarios of "groundwater <br />drawdown" showing how local aquifers would be depleted under various projections of water use. <br />rf, <br />1 <br />Groundwater <br />P=P -,g <br />continues <br />with na r <br />change f <br />xAt <br />qutm <br />is T ;;¢,: 8 <br />ANOKA <br />scow <br />f } <br />Source watcr Supply punning,. <br />Mrtropohl.m Council l <br />insMe Um $mulle <br />• <br />• <br />