World Faces New Threats of Water Scarcity

[babylonsister]

World Faces New Threats of Water Scarcity
by Thalif Deen

STOCKHOLM - The world is on the verge of “a new and more serious era of water scarcity” than ever before, is the ominous warning coming out of an international water conference here.

The physical availability of water is being endangered by a rash of new threats, including climate change, increase in global population and the sudden growth of the water-hungry bioenergy sector.0815 06

Addressing the 17th annual World Water Week, executive director of the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) Anders Berntell warned that 1.4 billion people now live in regions where there is a real, physical water scarcity, and an additional 1.1 billion live in regions where there is water stress due to over-consumption.

“Clearly, these figures will increase in the future, due to population growth, intensified agriculture and climate change,” he told a meeting of over 2,000 water professionals, technicians, scientists and policy makers.

The annual five-day meeting, to conclude Friday, is described as the world’s largest single gathering of water experts, including officials from more than 150 organisations.

“We are not prepared to deal with the implications this has for our planet. There is a security component in this that is not fully understood or addressed internationally yet.”

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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/08/15/3184/

[lovuian]

1. Water Woes

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3TcDor0rk98
its happening NOW

[RestoreGore]

2. Yes it is and more people need to see the urgency of it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkB0fPurvsE

[stevedeshazer]

3. The oil wars will be nothing compared to the water wars

6 billion people + climate change = big problem