Water News
Written by Asinus Asinum Fricat on May 1, 2008 – 12:02 pm -A recent Gallup Poll showed that Americans perceived polluted drinking water as more of a threat than climate change, with 53% saying that they worried “a great deal” about it and 37% expressing the same level of concern over global warming. Gallup noted that pollution of drinking water has been a major concern since 1990.
“These poll results demonstrate that the public is out in front of policymakers,
commented CEO Stephen E. Sandherr of the Associated General Contractors of America.
“They recognize that our deteriorating water delivery systems are in need of repair.”
WATER is among the five primordial elements considered to be vital for any type of life or vegetation on this planet. Great civilizations of the world grew and developed on the banks of big watercourses. May it be the grand Nile or the majestic Indus or other lakes and springs, water has been so important that ancient inhabitants choose it as their first preference to settle nearby. Therapeutic value of both food and water mattered to mankind right from the early days.
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Don’t Take Your Eyes Off The Ball!
Written by Asinus Asinum Fricat on April 26, 2008 – 11:42 am -This ball, our ball!
What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how
infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and
admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like
a god! the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals—and yet,
to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me—
nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so.
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The Other Blue Revolution we Should be Having
Written by Asinus Asinum Fricat on April 25, 2008 – 9:35 am -The world needs to start another revolution, IMO, to preserve, conserve and manage freshwater supplies in the face of huge growing demands from population growth, irrigated agriculture, unregulated industries (in most parts of the world) and sheer wastage: a Blue Revolution. Although this concept is not new, it should be given serious thought.
Just as the Green Revolution transformed agriculture in the 1960s, a Blue Revolution ought to galvanize this earth into action, and everyone, from those in government to the multinationals and from the self-employed to the workforce and those at home should play a role as there is no more water on earth now than there was 2,000 years ago, when the population was less than 3% of its current size. Glib? It’s worse than that as per-capita water consumption is rising twice as fast as the world’s population.
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