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• <br />• <br />• <br />Graphic: A future of water shortages? I StarTribune.com Page 1 of 2 <br />I I My accounts I Subscribe Ugtal -Horne delivery I eEdiaon Search -� All content Business listings Search zsr <br />StarTrilbune E news graphics <br />News Local Sports Business Politics Opinion Lifestyle Entertainment Obituaries Classifieds Autos Housing Jobs <br />KOHL'S <br />rlomc 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 />D Hecumrne:`. 15 Fwcri 8 <br />inside the StarTribune <br />e y <br />.V! <br />AN0" <br />30% re4uchan 9 <br />in tuturc .~ ; 9PML <br />tdmter <br />our <br />Pumping <br />r 1 RAN�SiY <br />Mp+f i st P*41 <br />- '" scarr <br />s r <br />1 <br />DAIWM , <br />hta .• / / {A {{ /{A! ctor-tril„rna ­nm /nawracrrnnhinc /197i'17A51 html 2/27/2013 <br />