An Impending Crisis? How Peak Water Would Reshape Civilization

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Posted by Rebecca Sato.

If you think peak oil is a big deal, then just wait until the peak water crisis is in full swing. Experts say that in many areas aquifers and rivers are starting to run dry as human consumption and other factors are straining one of our most essential resources: fresh water.

In highly populated developing nations, water shortages and poor access to clean water has been a common concern. Currently 1.1 billion people living without access to safe drinking water. Even so, the problem seems far away in the minds of many who are living in more privileged circumstances. However, that may be about to change.

Milton Clark, a senior health and science adviser for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says he worries that these water issues that are currently emerging will eventually develop into bitter conflicts in the not too distant future when these dry states become increasingly desperate.

"We will, in fact, get into major water wars," Clark said. "You will see water wars coming in every way, shape or form. In the U.S., there are some leading politicians who have said the Great Lakes do, in fact, belong (to everyone) and all water should be nationalized and this certainly is a concern."
more:

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/03/the-crisis-is-c.html

[Bread and Circus]

1. Rather than "selling our water to areas in need" wtf don't people just move to where the water is?

Like people have done since the dawn of civilization.

[TheWraith]

2. Perhaps we should talk about "Peak stupidity."

These "writers" who keep attaching the "peak" term to any damn thing they feel like talking about clearly show that they don't understand what the hell the Hubbert Peak actually is.

[SidDithers]

3. Nationalizing the Great Lakes...

Yeah, good luck with that.

Sid