Water Wars: The New War of the 21st Century

Western powers seem to be a part of every war. Here’s an in-depth look at the world’s current water shortages and how the World Bank and IMF are involved in water wars that are unfolding in the Middle East.

The Most Valuable Resource in the World…and It’s Not Oil

Dear Readers,  

Control the flow of oil and gas and you control the world.

Oil has been the hottest commodity over the last decades. It’s paved the way for countries to become world leaders, and has set off numerous rifts and power struggles between nations.

It is one of the primary reasons why tensions between the West and Russia are growing increasingly worse, and why Russia is now “practically in a state of war against Europe.

I said this would happen last year. Many chose not to believe it. The threat of war is very REAL.

From pipeline routes to gas reserves, I have talked about the role of energy and its influence in both Syrian and Ukrainian conflicts. I have told you how energy leads to prosperity for those who control it. I have told you how the Obama administration desperately wants to sell gas to Europe in order to pay off its growing debt.

Much of what you see in the headlines nowadays, in one way or another, has ties to oil and gas.

But there is one resource that hasn’t been discussed.

It’s a resource so powerful that it will be the primary focus in the 21st century.

Under heavy media guard, it’s already been used as a weapon of war in the Middle East; not just by terrorists, but also strategically by Western powers.

I’ll tell you how this resource is playing a most significant role in those conflicts in just a bit.

Without this resource, no one survives.

According to a recent UN report, a third of the world population will suffer from critical shortages by 2025, which will likely lead to more global conflicts.

Withdrawals of this precious resource have more than tripled over the last 50 years.

And believe it or not, in many places, it costs more than oil or gas.

This valuable resource is water.

Water, Water, Everywhere…or is it?

Yes, the world is made of water and we’re nuts to think there’s a shortage of it.

There isn’t.

But what the world is short of is fresh water. Only 2.5% of the world’s water supply is fresh; of that, less than 0.0007% is actually suitable for consumption.

The majority of the world’s water is either salt water, or too polluted.

So if it’s not the lack of water that’s in short supply, why should we be worried about water shortages?

Water vs. Oil

Water is very much like oil and gas. It is everywhere and abundant.

But the problem is the cost associated with making both resources economic for consumption.

For example, oil needs to be refined before use, while water needs to be treated.

Not all places have oil, which means there are transportation costs. Ditto with water.

And just like oil wells, water supplies can (and do) run dry.

Just ask the citizens of California.

Heck, just ask Oprah.

Via the Daily Mail:

“In an effort to reduce her bills from the Montecito Water District – which have increasingly surged over the last three years as a record drought continues to cripple California, Oprah Winfrey has reportedly been sending a fleet of water tankers to her 40-acre Santa Barbara property to maintain her gardens.

The well-to-do residents of Montecito – the wealthiest suburb in Santa Barbara County – were warned in November that, without a 30 percent reduction in water at each home, the town would effectively run dry.

…Last year she paid $125,000 in water bills due to the amount it takes to look after her land. Trucking in water as you need can cost up to $15,000 a month.

California’s water problem is still listed as a Stage 4 ‘exceptional drought’.”

California is not the only city suffering from a severe drought.

This water shortage is happening all over the US.

Lake Mead, a main source of water for the booming Southwest and the nation’s largest water reservoir, is now near record lows.

The entire Colorado River system, which serves 40 million people and supplies water to California, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming and part of Mexico, is suffering a 14-year drought.

That means many Americans will pay more for water in the coming years.

Just how bad is it?

Take a look for yourself:

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The US isn’t the only country that has water supply issues…

What Do You think of America’s Water Issue?

China’s Biggest Threat

A few years ago when I was in China, I met with many locals, businessmen, and officials.

Even in the heart of Beijing, where exotic and iconic five-star buildings rose like uneven roots from the ground, I noticed that all of us were drinking only bottled water.

So I asked, “With all this money, don’t you guys have a cleaner water supply?”

None of them hesitated with their answer: No.

They also all agreed that the water shortage situation in China may be one of China’s greatest threats.

Yet, big media has rarely discussed it.

Just how bad is China’s water problem?

According to the National Bank, China had 50,000 rivers just 20 years ago, but more than 28,000 of them have disappeared due to climate change, extraction, and industrialization.

More than half of the country’s 21,000-plus chemical plants are located along the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers.

One of China’s largest rivers, and one of the largest rivers in the world, the Yellow River, is so polluted that the Chinese government estimates that around two-thirds of if it is too polluted to drink.

As a result, China is facing a serious water shortage.

According to Jiao Yong, Vice Minister of Water Resources, China has more than 400 cities short of water, some 110 of which are facing serious scarcity.

Via the Economist:

“CHINA endures choking smog, mass destruction of habitats and food poisoned with heavy metals. But ask an environmentalist what is the country’s biggest problem, and the answer is always the same.

“Water is the worst,” says Wang Tao, of the Carnegie-Tsinghua Centre in Beijing, “because of its scarcity, and because of its pollution.”

“Water,” agrees Pan Jiahua, of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. “People can’t survive in a desert.”

Wang Shucheng, a former water minister, once said: “To fight for every drop of water or die: that is the challenge facing China.”

Via Epoch times:

“The Henan Province is witnessing the worst drought in the last 63 years with 740,000 people facing a temporary shortage of drinking water. In Shandong Province the cost of the lost harvest is reaching $630 million.”

But that’s not all.

About 300 million people in China, almost a quarter of its population, drink contaminated water every day. You can only guess how much this adds to health costs.

China knows it has a problem…

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The Solution to Water Shortages

While water is everywhere, its clear that world demand for water is soaring as a result of high population growth, climate change, poor management, and pollution.

While the threat is very real, there are solutions.

China, for example, is attempting to create the world’s largest water-pipeline project in history.

But these solutions cost money – lots of it.

Prosperous nations and states have found near-term solutions by importing water.

But what happens if you don’t have money?

The Truths about the Middle-East Wars

You have heard about the use of guns and bombs in Syria. You have heard about Libya’s unrest. You have even heard me talk about how much of what’s happening in those regions are deeply tied to gas pipelines and energy control.

But what you haven’t heard is the significant role water is playing in those regions, and how it is being used as a weapon of war.

The battle over energy between Russia and the US is spreading major conflicts to any nation within their reach.

If oil is creating that much agony, what happens when water – an absolute necessity – becomes the target of war and profits?

It’s already happening all over the world, in places such as the Middle East and North Africa.

The Importance of Water in Syria

Syria – like many countries around the world – has experienced significant droughts, which led to a decrease in agriculture, increased unemployment, and the migration of citizens from rural areas into the cities.

The water shortage hasn’t improved. Syria is now entering its eighth summer of drought.

Just last month, Lake Assad, the reservoir of Syria’s largest hydroelectric dam and the main source of water for drinking and irrigation for about five million people, experienced a record six-metre drop.

According to Nouar Shamout, a researcher at Chatham House, a London-based policy institute, if Lake Assad loses an additional three feet, “the water system will stop working.”

Via Chatham House:

“…This could result in a humanitarian catastrophe that would overwhelm agencies on the ground. … In spite of these alarming indications, both Syria’s regime and opposition groups are in a state of denial: neither is responding to, or preparing for, a food and water crisis.”

Water is the essence of life. While attacks on oil supplies slows economic activity, attacks on water supplies leads to a direct humanitarian crisis.

As Shamout stated, the use of water supplies as a tactical weapon could “escalate fatalities and migration rates” in the country’s civil war.

That’s why Islamic militants have been using water as a tool to attack the Assad government.

Via Aljazeera:

“Making matters worse is the continued targeting of water networks by both regime and opposition forces, which have attacked strategic lifelines, such as water channels, to put pressure on their opponents. “The deliberate targeting of water supply networks and related structures is now a daily occurrence in the conflict,” Shamout wrote.

On May 9, the Syrian government allegedly ordered its employees at al-Khafse station, also in territory controlled by the Islamic State group, to cut off the flow of water heading west towards Aleppo. Previously, on May 1, the regime attacked al-Sakhour plant, which provides electricity to the opposition-held Suleiman al-Halabi station, the main water pumping station in Aleppo city.

Also in early May, the al-Qaeda-affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra is reported to have inadvertently cut off water to the entire Aleppo city for nine days while trying to divert water away from regime-held areas.”

But that’s not all that’s important. There’s much more to the Syrian conflict than you think.

More than Meets the Eye: Golan Heights

The Golan Heights is the area captured from Syria and occupied by Israel during the Six-Day War, territory that Israel effectively annexed in 1981. The western two thirds of this region are currently occupied by Israel, whereas the eastern third is controlled by Syria.

Just yesterday, news began to erupt of Syrian rebels attacking peacekeepers in Golan Heights.

What the headlines don’t tell you is that Assad has vowed to reclaim the Golan Heights; that’s partly the reason why Israel has been leading a Western Campaign to support the Syrian rebels.

But why? Why is Golan Heights so important that the West would support Syrian rebels?

Aside from the fact that Golan Heights once belonged to Syria (just as Crimea once belonged to Russia), there is a much bigger reason why the Golan Heights is valuable.

It is home to Israel’s most precious resource: Water.

The Golan Heights currently provides nearly a third of Israel’s fresh water. If the water supply fell into Syrian control, it would pose a most significant threat to Israel – a much bigger threat than any bombs or guns could make.

Fueling Western anger, Assad has also been reluctant to privatize its water systems on concerns of predatory pricing from the West; thus, preventing the West from potentially entering a multi-billon dollar revenue stream.

The combination of Assad’s Golan Heights ambitions and the refusal to privatize Syria’s water system means the West has no choice but to support the rebels – even if it means supplying terrorists with guns.

Via Washington Examiner:

“President Obama waived a provision of federal law designed to prevent the supply of arms to terrorist groups to clear the way for the U.S. to provide military assistance to “vetted” opposition groups fighting Syrian dictator Bashar Assad.

Some elements of the Syrian opposition are associated with radical Islamic terrorist groups, including al Qaeda, which was responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks in New York, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pa., in 2001. Assad’s regime is backed by Iran and Hezbollah.

The president, citing his authority under the Arms Export Control Act, announced today that he would “waive the prohibitions in sections 40 and 40A of the AECA related to such a transaction.”

Go figure.

The battle for hydro-imperialism doesn’t stop at Syria. Oh, no. It goes much further than that…

Libya – More than Oil and Gas

Conflicts in North Africa have led to more than just a disruption in Libya’s oil and gas production.

It has led to the destruction of its water supply system. Costs to rebuild it could be as high as $20 billion – money that Libya doesn’t have.

So what happens when your water system breaks down and you don’t have money?

Privatization: The Answer from the West

I have always talked about the “no free lunch” clause. Rich nations who help poor nations always have an agenda.

One clear example was the privatization of Argentina’s water system between 1991 and 1999. The World Bank led the privatization by offering hundreds of millions of dollars to Argentina with one recalcitrant condition: that water be privatized.

But privatized to whom?

Strongly lobbied by the French Government, Argentina granted the water contract to Aguas Argentinas, a consortium called lead by two French corporate giants, Compagnie Générale des Eaux (then Vivendi, now Veolia) and Lyonnaise des Eaux (now Suez), who (supposedly) won based on their offer of the largest rate reduction.

Of course, it’s interesting to note that France is ranked 4th overall in voting power amongst the branches of both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

It’s also interesting to note that since its inception in 1945, the IMF has been led by a managing director of French nationality 5 out of the last 11 times, including during the privatization of Argentina’s water system.

The World Bank, on the other hand, has always been led by an American…

America’s Middle East Control for Profits

After the US invaded Iraq, one of the largest and privately owned US corporations, Bechtel, secured a contract to repair the country’s water supply. It was a no-bid* reconstruction contract from U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for US$100 billion; thus, making it the largest Iraq reconstruction contract.

*no-bid means that there is only one person or company that can provide the contractual services needed, which means if Iraq wanted to obtain other bids from other firms, it would be denied. In other words, Bechtel was forced onto Iraq after the invasion.  

In the late 90’s, Bechtel was responsible for securing a contract in Bolivia, one of Latin America’s poorest countries, after the nation was forced to privatize its water systems. This, again, was led by the US-based World Bank.

(Interesting to note that both American and French corporations have been the primary recipients of large privatization contracts.)

Bechtel has also been looking to move into Libya, after the World Bank said it would only give Libya aid if it privatized its water systems.

That’s because privatization of Libya’s water system may prove to be one of the most lucrative deals in history.

Why?

Libya sits atop a natural resource much more valuable than its oil: the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer, the world’s largest known fossil water aquifer system.

However, Bechtel (for now) has apparently been forced out of Libya after fierce public protest broke out over its price hikes for water when it was in Bolivia.

Still, Libya still needs money to fix its water system and may be forced to privatize.

Could we see France’s global mega-water companies, Suez, Ondeo, and Saur, who control almost half of the world’s water market, step in?

Similar conditions are forced on many countries seeking help. I mentioned this before regarding US aid for Ukraine.

Just how much money can private corporations make imposing its will via Western super powers such as the World Bank?

According to the center for public integrity, Western nations stand to make up to $1 trillion for privatizing, purifying, and distributing water in the Middle East and North Africa alone, where water often can cost more than oil.

It’s no wonder there are already rumours about French companies showing interest in privatization of Libya’s water system, just as France begins to urge for further UN support in Libya.

Is it a coincidence that France just urged the UN for special support in Libya yesterday?

Is it also a coincidence that the UAE recently denied entry to Awad al-Barassi, a former deputy prime minister and member of the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Justice and Construction Party (JCP)?

Via Foreign Policy:

“Barassi had lived in Dubai for years, serving as vice president of its Electricity and Water Authority before returning to Libya during the revolution.”

What do you think of Western involvement in the water systems of other nations?

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Water Wars  

More than 1.2 billion in the world don’t have access to clean water.

The lack of water will also increase global commodity prices, exponentially exacerbating the problems. Without enough water, the production of all raw materials (including oil and gas) will be materially impacted.

It’s a water war chess match. Growth and prosperity of any nation can only be achieved with the control of its own water supply; take that away, and control is lost.

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Investing in utility companies, industrial operations and technology businesses associated with water may prove to be extremely rewarding over the next decade.

That’s why we’ve witnessed a growing number of water tech buyouts in the past few months, including LG’s Chem’s $200 million buyout of clean water startup NanoH20.

It’s already started. The water wars are on.

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Until next time,
Ivan Lo
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  1. Greatly agree with your comments on water resources crisis.

    Fracking is a huge domestic (US) threat to drinking water.

    Fracking impact on water is extreme and has been ignored. Up to 6 million gallons per well are injected 5 plus miles into the earth and are forever removed from the ground – sky – ground water cycle unlike almost every other use where the water does eventually get recycled naturally. Fracking water is gone!

    Cases where farmers cannot afford irrigation water to grow crops because fracking companies have bid the price up too high.

    Cases where farmers with their own water make more money selling it to frackers than growing crops.

    Cases where municipalities sell water to fracking depleting their own supply.

    Chemically laced fracking waste water is permitted to be disposed into ground wells directly into water bodies that years ago regulators thought would never be needed for human consumption but now California is considering tapping them.

    Chemically laced fracking waste water in offshore drilling goes directly into the ocean, unregulated

    Also fracking results in pollution of water supplies, flaring excess gases, extreme methane releases, earthquakes, and local transportation/trucking nightmares.

    I get very discouraged at the willingness to destroy water in order to get more oil and natural gas.

    Keep up the fight!!

    Steve Bennett sbennett11@aol.com

  2. This should be on the front pages of every news outlet, yet they talk about other stuff like the Ferguson shooting to keep our minds off the stuff that affects millions of people.

    The world we live in is a funny place.

    1. This is part of a global management system. Keep them in the dark and feed them a lot of &&&&&! Mushroom management!

  3. I spent 48 of my 72 years roaming areas of Northern Ontario, Manitoba and Quebec in the mineral exploration business. Just take your cup or bottle and dip it outside the boat or canoe and just drink the water. We would just pump the lake or creek water to the camp kitchen and use it. At one time I read of a proposal to collect the water from the rivers before they poured into Hudson’s Bay and pump it to the Height Of Land near Kirkland Lake Ontario and gravity would take over and it would run south to where ever it was needed. This may have to be done to help out North American drought areas.
    Catch Canada’s fresh water before it dumps into the salt water and pump or haul it.

  4. People that live in climates that require thousands of gallons of water for their lawns, pools and so on should be the most concerned about the over use of water. Arizona, California, Nevada should all have limited water rationing and maybe, just maybe they wouldn’t be in the dire strait that there in.

  5. Desalination. Expensive but effective. The oceans are their last resort. There is enough money, resources and manpower to put this into action. It may be their only hope. We all need water.

  6. I have been involved in researching and looking for water answers for well over the past two decades. The Glen Clark government in BC. legislated a proposal we had to export one million acre feet a year of fresh water from the Fraser River – the entire river system is in BC – to California. (BC accounts for about 2% of the world’s fresh water runoff. The annual flow of the Fraser is about 100 million acre feet.Your comments on the Mid East are well taken. However, many African countries do not harvest water. Australia is suffering. Lake Meed is reality. But not enough reporting goes on about the depletion of theUS Ogallala Reservoir which accounts for about 30% of US irrigation – plus a lot for human consumption. California provides US/Canada with the majority of its non-banana fruit and vegetables. No civilization has ever survived on irrigation – yet. Will we succeed? Water is understood by many – but not by the markets. Watch for the resurgence of North American Water and Power Alliance (NAWPA or NAWAPA) which was prominent in the 50s.

  7. A part of the solution is to encourage birth control. There are far too many people on our planet completing for too few scarce resources. The second thing is to tackle climate change fully and not half heatedly as it done at present. However, I still think that the world is on the cusp of a new world war.

  8. You should look to the US involvement with Europe in attacking Libya under Qaddafi. He had a plan in place to deliver fresh water to all of the country’s citizens and we used a lie to remove him. Look at the disaster we now have. The rich keep getting richer and our current regime is deeply involved. Look at the actions and outcomes, not the rhetoric. The State Dept. was deeply involved in gun running for the express purpose of getting arms for the Syrian rebels and our FBI is managing the coverup.

  9. Great article. I told a friend of mine-it’s time to start building cisterns and to buy land with glaciers on it. Though I live in Canada- nation with huge freshwater resources, we too already have areas with water shortages. Who knows, maybe that will be the issue that leads us to future strife between our countries. I sure hope not.
    I saw a show last year where orchardists in the US were tearing up THOUSANDS of trees because they couldn’t afford to water them anymore. And this was just at the start of the problem. So “I drink to your health” will really mean something different in the future. Pray for rain.

  10. Look up the word HEGEMONY on Wikipedia
    How the US won over UK and the US dollar currency reserve was established
    The Evil of the world. One country dictating what all other must do
    One comes to a more realization of what Foreign Policy dictates and the troubles it brings to us all..
    If one controls the water supply then all else is controlled.
    ITS A SICK WOLRD BECAUSE OF A FEW.

  11. THIS IS SOME OF THE THINGS WE -THE YOUNG GENERATION ASPIRE TO ACHIEVE

    a message to JUSTIN TRUDEAU (Liberal Party)

    Phase out the FED. Stop the Servitude of many just for a few. Cause of inflation the deflation on our currency is about 90%. stop this robbery/legalized…. B.S. economics.. Between 1974 (free-trade implementation(Conservatives) the growth of inflation is unbearable and cannot be sustained. we are heading for DISASTER. We are intelligent enough to govern our own economics and future.This is not what I want for my Kids and future linkage.
    The exchange of fictitious assets for Real Assets (LABOR ASSET) is outmost illegal on all its aspects yet Politicians do NADA.

    P.S. Steven Harper visited Israel with a monetary gift $$$$. without the permission of Canadians but this is what happens when the People have no control. A month or so later the War started… ARE WE FIANCING THE WAR…. This is B.S…. the homeless just Toronto would appreciated the gift .etc. Did anyone connect the dots. or is it just me going blank. here..I do not blame Mr. Harper for under the current government structure/institution his instructions come from way up above most can’t perceive- imagine.

    Corporations should be Looking after the population along with Government not the other way around.
    Government should be responsible in looking after the Elderly and the Young. DON’T KNOW HOW.?. ask me. its quite easy.

    Nationalize the Human necessities for survival, such as banks, food, Transportation,water etc/gas. this is a JOKE and politicians don’t get it cause they work for a Foreign corporation..(UK).. we all should do our home work. in understanding how things are. I have no interest in UK

    Stop sending oil to USA and instead refine it here in Canada. build the jobs here. Build our own cars here and stop this robbery of hidden agenda taxation based on free trade.

    Nationalize our resources for with them we have all we need. Stop giving out our needs now and future needs of survival. We do not need outside controls specially on our basic survival needs now and future. Corporations should pay taxes based on simple math.

    Corporations SHALL NOT RULE OUR LAND AND WAY OF LIFE.
    Simplify the personal Tax return form to one page. Dissolve tax loopholes specially for corporations.Foreign corporations should leave their Canadian derived wealth in Canada.

    North Pole. We need to seriously establish the Canadian boundary for there is much energy for future survival of the Canadian Population
    We must think long term so that our sons and future generations are not forced into economic misery of Free Trade. For those who do not understand economics the Word Free misleads everyone. Wake up..this is masonry language.. These are obligations we Canadians can do without. There are better ways to do commerce-economics

    Canada should become the Leader in Technology.
    With no debt and allot of assets by the exchange or fictious-monetary assets for Real Asset (Labor Asset) we can surely achieve this and be an example on how free society should live and look like.

    Increase our Military Force, a Peaceful -force in order to protect our interests and guard ,Our Land.
    We shall not be dependent on any-one-else. but our Selves. by so doing we become servient to ideologies that may not fit our aspirations as a People/Country

    If Justin Trudeau does not Know How to get Canada Free of Debt in a very short time. I am sure that there are others like me who have received the wisdom to know HOW…. contact me if you wish..

    We do not want politicians. We want direct Government , full disclosure on all aspects. For the People by the People. Monarchies are not part of our future. All empires come to an end of their cycle.(history)
    Mother Earth belongs to all those who live on it. not just a few.
    There are no special People for the God given Rights encompasses all Souls… this is major Law breaking.
    Countries are simply territories to help manage a Population.

    P.S. Pierre Trudeau at least brought us some of the Human Rights however funny enough under our Canadian Constitution it does not say where the rest of the Human Rights are. For those who look for them they are under the International Treaty which is not much talked about. or known. by public.

    Education: Learning the cycles of life stages so that tru-education we can teach the population of their responsibility as a citizen towards one-another and rid of the self EGO. so that society can live peacefully as one Soul that we Are. .
    Education beyond what they DO NOT want us to KNOW is the HOW to evolve a Society to the next level by EVOLUTION FREEDOM. given by the constituents of Universal-Law.
    Here is a good one: How many Canadians ever study the Charter or Rights and the Canadian Constitution Law; Bills of Exchange.etc. Only then can a Citizen have enough basic information to Understand the Principles of the Province and Federal Government & Laws and their aims.
    OH God How much there is to Change and Grow. this is an outmost responsibility of good governing bodies.
    We do not want our people blind but rather fully alert-awakened.

    LABOR ASSET: Mine and Your Physical being. How this temple of God has been manipulated-enslaved AND hardly understood by the masses. and only if they understood the power of it.
    This most Important ASSET of them All. For without Labor nothing gets created in this dimension frequency.
    FED & loose Banking institutions: How they have deprived the happiness of Human Souls on Mother Earth of their Freedom. How the EGO of very few has controlled the evolution of mankind. And worst of all is the lack of disclosure both on governing bodies and the Law.

    So much we-all could write .THIS IS SOME OF THE THINGS WE -THE YOUNG GENERATION ASPIRE TO ACHIEVE.
    I’m 57 already & this Immigrant who loves this Land of Ours, will continue to Peacefully pray for a Peaceful transaction of what must come in this Golden Age Cycle.

    Oh Canada I stand on Guard for Thee.
    and charge you with pure love and Evolution Freedom. My beautiful Earth- Home. for which I am willing to give my life for you.

    PLEASE make sure that Justin Trudeau gets to read this email.

    You may post this email…
    yours truly, without prejudice

  12. Great issue! Thanks. It is always amazing to me how much we take our water supply for granted. I am currently working on rejuvenating a well on our property for use as a garden supply and a backup for the town supply. Although very local, my effort has been spurred by seeing so many people around the world with such limited amounts of good water. Thanks again for your wake-up article.

  13. All of this big water issue could be the less relevant problem in the future. Desalination producers greatly underestimate about future’s technology – is surprising and can be often associated with miracles. This will bring solutions unexpectedly.
    All the countries cited above have a great deal of sunshine duration. Desalination plants would run effortless and cheap, if you were to pour All it takes is an initial investment and challenge – in order to have unlimited water supply – is merely draw seawater from coastlines, and evapourating the continuous flow under the sun until all evapourates at a certain point.
    To put it simple just let the seawater run down into a large network of diaphanous (in this case the glass condenses water better than plastic and steel for disinfection) pipelines across all US (this would cost approximately as building oil pipelines).
    As soon as the water is condensed off the semicircular glass top, it drips down a duct below where the potable water is collected all across the potable water network, and then send it further treatments or use it as it is for agricultural use (having the greater percentage of water use). The remainder is removed with a strong flush system that carries away all brine to a concrete basin where once is all dry it can be sold as sodium chloride for kitchen or any other uses.
    The funny fact is that you can create huge artificial rivers, lakes of pure water flowing even in the barren areas, with no electric charges.

  14. The powers that be should know that the blue gold is a big investment nowadays, and pretty feasible and achievable with this method. You pay nothing after the inital investment, pump water out of the ocean and get huge rivers in return, i mean – not financial liquidity from your water corporation bills.

  15. If you want to cause an uproar in Canadian political meeting stand up and say that we should sell the water currently flowing North and sell it to our neighbors to the south.
    The real problem is that under Stephen Harper we are following Republican policies and Citenzens United. President Abraham Linoln’s
    dictum “that government of the people, for the people and by the people” is dead. We now have government “of the corporations, for the corporations and by the corporations.” Our future is doomed.

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