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Peter Gleick: The power of information and action

Posted by: Maven on May 9, 2009 at 6:38 am

From Peter Gleick’s City Brights Blog:

It is so easy to become disheartened by our water problems and the potential to solve them. Despite working on water for more than two decades, however, I still find myself to be mostly optimistic. I’m not sure why–the numbers (such as the two from my first two posts) certainly point to serious and unresolved water problems and the human suffering that accompanies them.

But I guess it is the silver linings–the small signs of progress–that continue to keep my spirits up. In this light, let me offer a small sign of progress, in a small area of water, that suggests that efforts to understand, communicate, and act to improve water problems can and do make an impact.

Water Number: The total sales of bottled water in the United States in 2008 actually declined by around 75 million liters (20 million gallons) from 2007, according to preliminary data from the Beverage Marketing Corporation.

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May 9, 2009 · Filed Under Drinking Water & Bottled Water

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