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Article: Facing a future of water scarcity.
- Article from:
- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- September 1, 1993
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Enormous savings of the precious liquid are being thwarted by policies and laws that encourage wastefulness and misuse, rather than efficiency and conservation.
Benjamin Franklin once pointed Bout that, "When the well's dry, we know the worth of water." Much of the world is in danger of learning Franklin's lesson the hard way. For decades, water has been wasted, mismanaged, and overused - and the consequences are beginning to hit home.
Water scarcity typically conjures up visions of drought, the temporary dry spells that nature inflicts from time to time. Yet, while droughts capture headlines, the far greater threat posed by escalating water consumption ...