Do we understand how and why water shortages occur?
Dear EHS Professionals,
Do we understand how and why water shortages occur?
Andrew Cutz, CIH
Markham, Ontario, CANADA
WORLD WATER CRISIS UNDERLIES WORLD FOOD CRISIS
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, August 18, 2008 (ENS) - The world's supplies of clean, fresh water cannot sustain today's 'profligate' use and inadequate management, which have brought shrinking food supplies and rising food costs to most countries, WWF Director General James Leape told the opening session of World Water Week in Stockholm today. Yet there was good news. The Prince of Orange, who chairs a UN advisory board on water and sanitation, announced, 'The number of people living without a supply of improved drinking water has now dropped well below one billion!'
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2008/2008-08-18-01.asp