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Article: Waters importance in the future: a guest editorial written by a leading conservation professional.(VIEWPOINT)(Editorial)
- Article from:
- Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
- Author:
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To personally stay abreast of current water issues. I try to read and participate in water dialogues when I can take advantage of handy opportunities. In the past year, what I've heard and read has changed how I think about water even though it is so much a daily part of everyone's life that it can become rather mundane. At the international SWCS conference in Rochester this past summer, we heard Sandra Postel, author of a number of books and most recently, Liquid Assets, very eloquently describe the growing worldwide water demand, potential impacts to humans, and the need to provide for flows that sustain stream and river functions.
Just a few hours ago, I ...