We are in the middle of a water crisis. But what does that mean?? (photo courtesy: misteriddles)
I've been curious about what the "water crisis" means. Everyone's talking about it, but no one's actually quantified the problem. Is it a water supply problem? Is it lack of accessibility to water? Is it lack of technology development? Is it increasing pollution??
One might say all (though I would like to argue that tech development is not one of them). But what's the biggest one??
BusinessPundit sat Aguanomics blogger and water economist David Zetland down to sort out the same issue. Check out the interview here (portion follows...)
We’re in a water crisis.
Before I talked to economist and creator of Aguanomics David Zetland, those two words–water + crisis—made me scratch my head.I’ve visited developing countries with water problems in the past. In many of those places, water trucks refill tanks located on the tops of buildings, and consumers have to haul their daily dihydrogen monoxide home in buckets. Here in the States, however, there’s plenty of water flowing from our taps. All the time.
According to Zetland, that illusion of plenty–endless water flowing from our taps–is part of the problem.
Business Pundit interviewed Zetland, who was recently been featured in Forbes and on Fox Business News, to get a primer on the water crisis—and how to solve it. Below are notes from the interview.
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