On AlterNet: water management

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The U.S. Is Years Behind the Rest of the World on Water Issues

Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. August 20, 2009.

While remarkable and innovative efforts at sustainable water management are still being pursued here, these efforts are no longer either unusual or groundbreaking.

We Need to Start Budgeting Water Like We Budget Our Expenses

Margaret Clune Giblin, Center for Progressive Reform. February 11, 2009.

Just as the economic evidence shows that we're in a recession, the scientific evidence shows that climate change will affect our natural resources.

Our Water Problems Are a Crisis of Management

Frank R. Rijsberman, Boston Review. January 21, 2009.

So, is the planet drying up? Not exactly, but a growing number of people are sharing a fixed amount of water that is badly managed and polluted.