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Graphic: A future of water shortages? I StarTribune.com <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />I I My account I Subscribe I <br />Search All content Business listings Search�� a <br />StarTrbnne news graphics <br />y <br />Views Local SPOrts Business Politics Ogialion Lifestyle Entertainment obituaries classifieds Autos Housing Jobs <br />^ _t_ <br />, 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 />15 T—i 8 <br />0 <br />now <br />inside the StarTribune <br />3 "0" <br />8101E wd13lblm <br />in future +' + w4m <br />groundwater <br />pumping p <br />IIENNEPU! <br />st <br />►'' 'It _ <br />RAY GRUMNEY • Sta Tnbune <br />httv:// www .startribune.com /newsgraphics /i 92537651.html <br />2/27/2013 <br />• <br />• <br />• <br />