Other Natural Resources: Fresh Water
Fresh water: An early 21st-century battleground?
Drought in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin: National Geographic Magazine, April 2009.
Changing Rains: National Geographic Magazine, April 2009. "Outlook: Extreme" (i.e., expect more droughts and floods globally).
Before the Deluge: Floods in a Changing Climate: International Rivers Network’s second
annual “Dams, Rivers and People” report.
National Water Program Strategy: Response to Climate Change: Sept 2008 report by the U.S. EPA (130-page PDF file) summarizes impacts of climate change on U.S. water resources and recommended responses; includes region-by-region discussions.
Toxic Waters: A series of articles in the NYTimes that addresses what you thought was safe drinking and surface waters in the U.S. Minimum required for G171 final (by publication date): 9/12/09, 9/17/09, 12/16/09, 3/15/10.
In New Gas Wells, More Drilling Chemicals Remain Underground: Natural gas, hydraulic fracturing, groundwater, and you (because you drink groundwater): ProPublica, Dec 2009.
Early 21st-Century Drought in Mexico: Brief technical article, March 2009.
Water in the United Arab Emirates: The unsustainability of growth in the desert (Aug 2009).
California Drought Updates: Monthly reports with fine graphics; 2009 is California's third consecutive year of drought.
Delta Blues: Challenges surrounding fresh-water resources and the California Delta.
Delta Vision: Blue Ribbon Task Force, Final Report and Strategic Plan (both 2008): Ambitious goals: save California's Delta and keep all the stakeholders happy!
Drought Along the Colorado River: Entire 2005 issue of Southwest Hydrology focuses on this topic, with several fine articles.
Lake Mead may go dry by 2021: Feb 2008 article
The drying of Las Vegas
and Los Angeles: Bloomberg online, Feb 2009.
For other stuff about California's fresh water, see Climate/Case Studies/California.