Jerry Costello Quotes

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

Everything we think about regarding sustainability - from energy to agriculture to manufacturing to population - has a water footprint. Almost all of the water on Earth is salt water, and the remaining freshwater supplies are split between agricultural use and human use - as well as maintaining the existing natural environment.

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

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.

How can Africa, the home to some of the largest bodies of water in the world, be said to have a water crisis? It doesn't. It has a knowledge crisis. The lack of knowledge on vital topics, like water and food, is what stands between Africa's current state and a future of prosperity.

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.

Conservation is important... water comes at a cost.

Water is the foundation for our economies, communities, ecosystems, and quality of life.

I consider it top priority to improve water quality and increase water quantity in my community.

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

We have six-and-a-half-billion people on the planet, going rapidly towards seven. We're going to need a lot of inventiveness about how we use water and grow crops.

The president's budget proposals have neglected water infrastructure.

According to the U.N., more than 2.7 billion people will face severe water shortages by 2025. Many social scientists predict that the next big wars will be over water. Nevertheless, the average American family blissfully consumes 300 gallons a day, when you add in watering the lawn and washing dishes, clothes, and cars.

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.

I represent a district covering Rockland, Westchester and Bronx counties, all of which are part of the 9 million people that this water is so important for.

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.

The water issue is critically related to climate change. People say that carbon is the currency of climate change. Water is the teeth.

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

Ensuring that high quality water is provided to all Arizona's citizens is the responsibility of elected officials at all levels and I am happy to do all I can to assist the city's efforts.

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

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

Clean water is not an expenditure of Federal funds; clean water is an investment in the future of our country.

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.