Inside Story - Running out of water - 18 March 09 - Part 1

Around 4000 children die every day due to water shortages - and it is going to get worse. That is the warning from the World Water Forum being held in Istanbul this week. Water scarcity has the potential to destabilise the world economically, environmentally and militarily.

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• Inside Story
• Water forum
• water shortage
• privatisation
• resources
• dam
• drinking water
• scarcity

[jessiechuang]

Ocean water is not drinkable. Distilling ocean water will leave a heavy amount of salt back to the ocean. A highly dense salt water is not suitable for the current creatures in the ocean and its ecological system will be altered.

Yes, water is recycled, but we are using it faster than it can regenerate.

They've taught us nothing but lies. Now they're finally spreading the truth. It's sad that no one take this seriously.

[lordthorpez]

Step one: quit breeding!

[Proverbs1533]

@jessiechuang Why would you need to leave a heavy amount of salt back to the ocean? Why not just transport salt water away from the ocean then distill it?

[Axxeleration84]

You must understand that this is irreversible. We should just drop the nukes now before we all die a slow and painful death from starvation and thirst. It is very similar to terri shaivo or w/e her name was. Just pull the fucking plug, why make us suffer.

[flagship21]

We have to stop consuming the planet

[kn10112]

try to search for tedtalk and drinking water and u will find a talk about nanotechnology and drinking water. think the problem is solved

[chizzy555]

the world can only support so many people, thats all it is, just a population cap, nothing scary or alarming

[hasankhalid]

thank you aje for this report

[africaROAR]

Well said, again, Maude Barlow. All strength to your efforts.

[Franco20055]

i need a drink of water, and a beer afterwards. and maybe a shot of Jack Daniels aswell.