Water: XXI Century Issues and Challenges

Among the challenges facing the world, perhaps none is more important than ensuring adequate supplies of clean water for all the many needs and purposes people have. In many developing countries, the consequences of the lack of these most basic services impacts mortality, especially children mortality, health, education opportunities, and social development. This blog discusses these problems to increase awareness and motivate each one to become an active part of the solutions.

May 15, 2015

There is an urgent need to manage water more sustainably


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