Will Beijing die of thirst?

Perhaps it will have to shrink:

Beijing Preparing For Latest Arrival Of Snow In 22 Years.
Xinhua (12/29) reports Chinese meteorologists believe "Beijing will witness the latest arrival of snow in 22 years as the previous record of late-arriving snowfall being on Dec. 28, 1988." Beijing "The city has been without rain or snow for nearly two months, and the precipitation during the flood season from Jun. 1 to Sept. 15 this year was 273 millimeters, the lowest since 1960," Guo Wenli, director of the climate center under the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Meteorology. Furthermore, "underground sources supply over two thirds of Beijing municipality's needs, and since 2004 the city has also begun drawing on 'karst' groundwater supplies 1 km or deeper below surface. Those deep underground sources, stored in porous rock, were originally set aside for use only in times of war or emergency." The city currently has projects in the work to divert water from the south to help relieve the problem.