Harshvardhan Rane Quotes

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

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

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.

There is a liquid more precious than oil – water!

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

I do believe that clean water is the most efficient way to change the world.

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

Luckily, water, though finite, is infinitely renewable.

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

Water links us all as human beings. Everyone needs water, and we all have challenges about it, no matter where we live. Yet even in the U.S., people aren't aware of problems facing water.

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

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

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