Rohini Nilekani Quotes

It's tough to know the value of water until it's gone.

Israel is thirsting for water, and Turkey is overflowing with it.

At about 9.5 billion people, the world will run out of fresh water.

We must treat water as if it were the most precious thing in the world, the most valuable natural resource. Be economical with water! Don't waste it! We still have time to do something about this problem before it is too late…. The shortage of fresh water is the major ecological problem of this moment.

The issues that we're having with water are worse and the magnitude is bigger than anything I imagined possible.

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.

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

Some of the areas in China have been under very grave water scarcity: for example, the north China plain; they are facing a very serious water shortage. Per capita levels have dropped to very serious levels, including in Beijing.

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.

Having lived in the arid deserts of Southern California since the 1970s, my interest in water conservation is a very personal concern. Water! The source of life! Some people are squandering the world's most precious resource while others have too little clean water to drink.

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.

Water is one of the world’s great business opportunities. It promises to be to the 21st century what oil was to the 20th.

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

Fierce national competition over water resources has prompted fears that water issues contain the seeds of violent conflict.

No water—no jobs.

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

Conservation programs are great but when you’ve already done all the conservation and you got no water, how does that help you? It doesn’t. The only thing that could help us now, is water.

Heedless exploitation of depletable ground water supplies endangers food production and other essential human systems. Heavy demands on the world's surface waters have resulted in serious shortages in some 80 countries, containing 40 percent of the world's population. Pollution of rivers, lakes, and ground water further limits the supply.

Clearly, we need to rethink our attitudes about water and move away from thinking of it as nearly a free good and a God-given right.

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.

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.