Document Type
Report
Publication Date
10-26-2012
Publisher
Ditchley Foundation
First page number:
1
Last page number:
12
Abstract
This was a thoughtful discussion on a vital and still neglected issue. While there was enough fresh water in the world overall, its distribution did not match that of the global population. Climate change, continuing population growth, urbanisation and altered dietary habits were all exacerbating existing problems of fresh water availability. But there was little new action at national or international level, though local and private sector decisions were making a difference in some places. In the end we might have to take the water to the people rather than expecting the people to go to the water, as had historically been the case. But this would mean much bigger investments than were currently contemplated.
Keywords
Fresh water – Law and legislation; Right to water; Water-supply
Disciplines
Environmental Health and Protection | Environmental Sciences | Fresh Water Studies | Natural Resources and Conservation | Natural Resources Management and Policy | Water Resource Management
Language
English
Repository Citation
Holmes, J.
(2012).
Water: conserving our most precious resource.
1-12.
Available at:
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/reports/6
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