Water
Water is widely seen as the petroleum of the new millennium, the next scarce resource over which wars will be fought. Read the news; water issues are covered almost daily. Very little of our planet's water was drinkable in the first place, and human habits are reducing the available amount daily. Population is expanding, water consumption is on the rise, pollutants and development are shrinking the pool of potable water, changing weather patterns are affecting water supplies (and vice-versa), people are moving into arid climates and clamoring for swimming pools, aquaculture is salinating drinking supplies ... You get the picture. All of these human demands are outstripping supplies and upsetting the ecological balance, locally and globally. ~ Umbra Fisk Grist Magazine
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Read Dr. Frank Powell's 2006 article flush.
Where does our water come from?
Tips on Water Conservation.
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Other Water Links:
River Basins Research Initiative
Furman Lake Restoration Project
United States Geological Survey on Water Use