Jamais Cascio Quotes

Ranchers need clean water for their stock, farmers need it for their crops, every employer needs it to stay in business, and every living thing needs it for life... The law needs to be clear to protect water quality and the rights of landowners.

There is a liquid more precious than oil – water!

I have little need to remind you that water has become one of our major national concerns.

The OECD advocates a risk-based approach to water security and is calling on governments to speed up their efforts to improve efficiency and effectiveness of water management. We recommend improving water pricing to recover costs and to reflect the value of water to users and society.

Water, water, everywhere, Atlantic and Pacific. But New York City's got them beat, Our aqua is terrific!

There's a huge question of whether you really need water for life.

Population growth and development place additional stress on the Nation's water infrastructure and its ability to sustain hard-won water quality gains.

The president's budget proposals have neglected water infrastructure.

Water is a finite resource that is essential in the advancement of agriculture, and is vital to human life.

Truly, we do live on a 'water planet.' For us, water is that critical issue that we need. It's the most precious substance on the planet, and it links us to pretty much every environmental issue, including climate change, that we're facing.

Water, like many other resources, is harvested, transported and used throughout all aspects of society. Unlike other resources, water is critical to the survival of all forms of life. The underlying question that sits at the core of my exploration is to what degree can we shape water before it begins to shape us.

Few if any countries understand the growing importance of water as fully as Turkey does.

Mankind runs a major risk of the shortage of fresh water. Water is a major source of life but could well be a major source of conflict.

In our wildest dreams we never thought water would be a zero-sum game.

Farmers had resisted transfers of water to cities at least since California’s water wars a century ago..

In 2012, Coke used more water than close to a quarter of the world’s population..

No water equals no life. We can have no oil; it's fine. No water - there is no plan b with no water.

Water is on the table for every single one us. When it's gone, game over. I don't care what company you run; I don't care if you're Republican or liberal.

The water system in this country is overwhelmed, and we aren't putting enough resources towards this essential resource. We simply can't continue to survive with toxic drinking water.

Rather than forcing local factories to clean up after themselves, Changzhou decided to outsource the job of managing its water supply to a French company named Veolia - one of a handful of corporate giants now scrambling to take over city water systems around the planet, especially in the often polluted and water-short developing world.

Water is one of the most basic and vital requirements for survival. And with the issue of water shortage aggravating every single day, it's just something I felt we had to address and spread the message on whatever level we can.

People are saying that the next war will be about water. Let's make sure there will be no next war, and let's make sure that we treat water the way it deserves.

Clean water is such a treasure that we take for granted in America.

Luckily, water, though finite, is infinitely renewable.

As with oil, water exploitation raises an inter-generational debt that will be hard to repay.