The Water Crisis: Time to Turn the Tide

The world is finally waking up to the dangerous consequences of its water crisis. Industrialization, the rising population, climate change and humanity’s growing need for food and energy are causing a rapid increase in demand, yet nature has fixed the supply. U.N. . Ban Ki-moon has warned that by 2030, nearly half the world’s population could face water scarcity, with the need outstripping supply by 40 percent. Already, 780 million people lack access to clean water, and 5,000 children die from diarr