For a new supply of fresh water, texas is taking the salt out of the sea. Can only be a good thing with all the polar ice melting, maybe they could dump that salt back in the ocean and help out. Either way, water will be a hot commodity in the next couple decades.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070701/ap_on_sc/drinking_sea_water_2;_ylt=AjAm7gln_Ctb.oKOj4_lSeIE1vAI
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070701/ap_on_sc/drinking_sea_water_2;_ylt=AjAm7gln_Ctb.oKOj4_lSeIE1vAI