CAPE CORAL, Fla. – A new UN report warns that the world has entered a state of ‘water bankruptcy,’ indicating that we are using more water than nature can replenish.<\/p>\n
This warning hits close to home for residents of Cape Coral, known for its canals and beaches.<\/p>\n
Lee County is already experiencing a severe drought, just 100 days into the dry season, according to Drought Monitor. The UN report cautions that communities pumping more water each year may reach a point of no return, a state referred to as water bankruptcy.<\/p>\n
Jessica Pinsky, chief policy officer for Captains for Clean Water, said, “We don’t really need a Global Report to know what that looks like. You know, we experienced that firsthand here in south, south Florida.”<\/p>\n
Residents like Bunny Switvenberg are feeling the impact. Switvenberg, who was buying plastic plants due to the dryness, expressed her concerns.<\/p>\n
“I can’t even think you know what it would be like without clean water. I mean, the idea of hearing the phrase dead water is just terrifying,” said Switvenberg.<\/p>\n
Despite the global warning, Captains for Clean Water remains optimistic about the future.<\/p>\n
They emphasize that water bankruptcy isn’t inevitable and that proactive measures can make a difference. Cape Coral still has some “money in the bank” when it comes to water resources, but action is necessary to maintain it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CAPE CORAL, Fla. – A new UN report warns that the world has entered a state of ‘water…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,3837,325],"class_list":{"0":"post-129582","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-coral","8":"tag-cape-coral","9":"tag-cape-coral-headlines","10":"tag-cape-coral-news","11":"tag-collaborator_gen_stories","12":"tag-lee"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}