David Suzuki Quotes

For many of us, clean water is so plentiful and readily available that we rarely, if ever, pause to consider what life would be like without it.

There's over a billion people on this planet that don't have access to clean drinking water.

To think that some people don't have clean water was mind-boggling to me.

People who can turn on a tap and have safe and clean water to drink, to cook with and to bathe in often take it for granted — and yet more than one billion of our fellow human beings have little choice but to use potentially harmful sources of water

No water—no jobs.

There is enough water ... but the systems we have in place do not have enough flexibility to move water to the places where it is most needed.

In my village where I'm from, there's still not running water everywhere. People are still struggling to get clean water.

Saying I took my clean water for granted is an overstatement. To tell you the truth, I didn't even think about it.

Everything in Delhi is messed up. People are forced to buy bottled water as clean drinking water is not available.

I couldn't imagine not having clean water.

Maintaining clean, safe water remains one of our greatest national and global challenges and responsibilities.

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.

As someone who has grown up living in Southern California, I know all too well about the costs and scarcities of water.

My suggestion is that we should first work to ensure the Third World has clean drinking water and sanitation.

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.

Half the world’s people fail to receive the level of water services available in many of the cities of ancient Greece and Rome

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

More than half the world’s people live in countries where water tables are falling.

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.

So many diseases and illnesses have fundamental roots in the lack of clean water. Resolving the clean water crisis would mitigate a lot of problems.

I saw from a very young age the value of clean water in communities in Africa. I made a promise to myself that once I reached a time and place in my career where I could do more, I would.

Availability of water is critical for sanitation projects. Without water, toilets can't be kept clean. Places where there is no drinking water, water for toilets becomes complicated.

High quality water is more than the dream of the conservationists, more than a political slogan; high quality water, in the right quantity at the right place at the right time, is essential to health, recreation, and economic growth.

With a growing population, there is a growing need for more water delivery and storage.