In fact, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the leading international body for the assessment of climate change, has said that global water resources are under increasing stress due to climate change. South Florida is among the most vulnerable regions in the United States, due to a large human population and a fragile Everglades ecosystem located on flat, low-lying and porous terrain. The predicted changes are likely to have a profound negative impact on the freshwater supply that is crucial to sustaining both the human and natural systems that we currently enjoy. 