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Laissez-Faire My Water: Water Crisis a Service Crisis or Resource Crisis? (LeakBird)

Jan.25, 2009 in Public Works, Water Conservation, Water Crisis, Water Industry, Water Management

(Image Courtesy of CaliforniaGreenSolutions)
Is the water crisis a resource crisis or a service crisis? No matter what anyone says, each seems to fall on one side or the other. Frank R. Rijsberman claims the water crisis is both, but he seems to lean more toward a service crisis.
And opinions vary so widely on related topics, [...]

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Water Crisis MERELY Management Crisis: Blue Water, Green Water and the Falkenmark Water Stress Index (Frank R. Rijsberman, AlterNet)

Jan.22, 2009 in Drought, Pollution, Prop Management, Public Works, Water Bills, Water Conservation, Water Crisis, Water Industry, Water Management, Water Rates, Water Rights, Water Technology

(Jan. 21, 2009, Frank R. Rijsberman, AlterNet)

So, is the planet drying up? Not exactly, but a growing number of people are sharing a fixed amount of water that is badly managed and polluted.
Sri Lanka’s celebrated twelfth-century king Parakramabahu reportedly said, “not a single drop of water received from rain should be allowed to [...]

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