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by Robert Malone, Contributing Editor   | Abstract: | The world's water supply is under siege by global warming and pollution. We need reliable data and robust supply chain and distribution systems. |
Water is a strategic commodity that is in ever shorter supply globally. More than 3 million children die each year for lack of potable water. The global warming trend and world terrorism will surely exacerbate this condition. A solution lies in the development of a world production system and supply chain for water. There is plenty of water, but it is too often in the wrong place at the wrong time, and in the wrong form. The average per capita water use in the United States is 402 quarts, while in a typical developing country, it is 21 to 31 quarts — if people can find and pay for it. While we spend tons of money looking for water on Mars and other extraterrestrial places, with little prospect of any immediate use, nine children on earth die from the lack of potable water every minute. Their water sources are too often fouled by untreated sewage. Ninety percent of cities worldwide dump their sewage into some part of their water system. The countries in high strife are: Afghanistan, China, Cuba, Ethiopia, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe. [Click to continue] |