What ya gonna do when the well runs dry, honey....

Chinese city panics over undrinkable water supply

Algae threatens Wuxi's water supply

They'll^TM soon tell us it's global warming, of course, making water levels lower and temperatures warmer allowing algae grow when and where it shouldn't. Sewage pollution? Naah, that's not all trendy and sexy like global warming. True, but not sexy.

What...global warming makes water levels higher, not lower? Make up your minds.

While you're thinking about it, don't forget the effects of resource depletion -- in this case, loss of safe drinking water -- on a community. They're hoarding now, but at least going through the motions of helping each other, and stiff fines are to be imposed for anyone hiking up the price of water. They're being civil to each other. But all of this could crumble with one good, hot, thirsty altercation at a supply depot, growing into a riot.

It was the food riots that finally brought about the French Revolution. Lack of water starts killing people long before lack of food does.

From the past...just a taste. Riots, looters, corpses, diseases, military, gun confiscations, general fear and loathing.

Resource depletion. Don't underestimate it.