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GOOD Magazine interviews Robert Glennon: Disobey your thirst

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on July 22, 2009 at 7:47 am

From GOOD Magazine:

Water is essential to the economy—even Google searches aren’t possible without good old H2O to keep their massive servers cool. But guess what? We’re running out of it. And our government isn’t doing much about it besides praying. Robert Glennon, the author of Unquenchable: America’s Water Crisis and What to Do About It, has some answers on the root causes of the crisis and what we, and our elected officials, should do about it. It turns out that prayer isn’t the answer.

GOOD: Why haven’t we heard more about America’s water crisis?
Robert Glennon: We are spoiled. The water managers have done too good a job. We wake up in the morning, turn on our taps, and out comes a plentiful supply of clean water for less money than we pay for cable television. But in some sections of the country, people are noticing. Last year, Atlanta’s principal water supplier, Lake Lanier, came within 90 days of drying up. That was a real wake-up call [but] Atlanta failed miserably. They took very modest steps that did not include banning new ground­‑water wells. People were free to drill wells and didn’t even need approval of the state unless they were pumping over 100,000 gallons per day. It was open season on the groundwater supply.

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July 22, 2009 · Filed Under Drinking Water

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