America’s Water Crisis

Photo by Hypergurl: Flickr Administrator’s Note: The following excerpt is from the introduction of Robert Glennon’s new book, Unquenchable: America’s Water Crisis and What To Do About It.  It’s a serious examination of the impending water crisis in America. “When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water,” observed Benjamin Franklin in 1774. But [...]

Water Crisis

In their own words, the World Water Council’s mission is “to promote awareness, build political commitment and trigger action on critical water issues at all levels, including the highest decision-making level, to facilitate the efficient conservation, protection, development, planning, management and use of water in all its dimensions on an environmentally sustainable basis for the [...]