At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the Earth, with its diverse and abundant life forms, including over six billion humans, is facing a serious water crisis. All the signs suggest that it is getting worse and will continue to do so, unless corrective action is taken. This crisis is one of water governance, essentially caused by the ways in which we mismanage water. ...
Yet of all the social and natural resource crises we humans face, the water crisis is the one that lies at the heart of our survival and that of our planet Earth.
Some sobering and worthwhile reading about managing necessities from the Executive Summary of Water for People Water for Life, the UN World Water Development Report.
In short, we have choices, and are not faced with an inevitable outcome: we can learn to husband resources well — and there is evidence showing we can.
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