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    Global water shortage

    Moderator
    Krogh, Peter F. (Peter Frederic)
    Repository
    DigitalGeorgetown
    Person Interviewed
    Postel, Sandra
    Starr, Joyce
    Abstract
    Discusses the consequences of the global water shortage and potential steps to resolve the crisis.
    Description
    As it became increasingly clear that global water demands were no longer sustainable, countries around the world sought new ways to increase their water supplies, resulting in fears that the next major war could be fought over water. From Africa and the Middle East to China there was a growing scarcity of water, limiting industry and agriculture, threatening economic development and even endangering the well-being of local populations. The limited water supply fostered competition between cities and farms, and tensions between neighboring nations over water rights threatened to spill over into all out conflict. In this episode, Sandra Postel of the World Watch Institute and Joyce Starr of the Global Water Summit Initiative discuss steps the United States and the international community can take to make water use more efficient, as well as the need to increase water efficiency both on farms and in homes.
    Permanent Link
    http://hdl.handle.net/10822/552570
    Date
    1992-02-14
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    Subject
    Water scarcity; Water-supply; Water rights; Environmental policy -- United States; Environment; Global Water Shortage; Water Scarcity; United States Environmental Policy; Water Supply; World Water Wars; Ecology;
    Location
    International
    Publisher
    Connecticut Public Television
     
    World Beat Associates
     
    Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service
     
    Foreign Policy Association
     
    Extent
    28 min.
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