Zócalo Public SquareAre We Really Out of Water? – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Are We Really Out of Water? https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2013/10/10/are-we-really-out-of-water/ideas/up-for-discussion/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2013/10/10/are-we-really-out-of-water/ideas/up-for-discussion/#respond Thu, 10 Oct 2013 07:01:13 +0000 Zocalo https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=51075 Across the globe, countries and communities are asking, with fear: Do we have enough water? But fear, in many places, has not transformed into action, and the forces that have spurred concern about water shortages—climate change and development—appear undiminished. In advance of a Zócalo/Occidental College half-day conference, “How Will We Survive the Water Wars?” we asked water experts: Given that technology advances have allowed us to survive a number of doomsday warnings about our supply of non-renewable resources like food and oil, why should we be worried about the water issues that scientists currently see on the horizon?

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