It doesn’t have to be this way. We know what needs to be done
Disturbing news about our water resources is now constant and unrelenting. In just the past few weeks, media have reported that Puerto Rico is
suffering a deep water crisis
as severe drought has cut water supplies to thousands. The
Rhine and Po rivers
in Europe are
at record low levels
. The seven states sharing the
Colorado River
in the US are
fighting over unprecedented shortages
, while its major reservoirs have shrunk to their lowest levels since they were built.
Hungary’s only nuclear power plant is on the verge of shutting down because there isn’t enough water in the Danube River to cool it. Toxic chemicals have been found in
all English water bodies
.

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