Rose George Quotes

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.

Hydraulic fracturing requires massive amounts of water. Disposing of the toxic wastewater, as well as accidental spills, can contaminate drinking water and harm human health.

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.

'Absolute Water' converts sewage water into water which can be even consumed - if only one can get rid of the taboo of drinking sewage water, which they do in many parts of the world!

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

Water is the one substance from which the earth can conceal nothing; it sucks out its innermost secrets and brings them to our very lips.

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

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

If there's a choice between tap water and bottled water, the consumer can make that choice. In a very large geography in the world, that choice does not exist.

One goal of the Clean Water Act of 1972 was to upgrade the nation's sewer systems, many of them built more than a century ago, to handle growing populations and increasing runoff of rainwater and waste.

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 is the driving force of all nature.

I'm a fervent foe of water pollution, whether it is our own Hudson River or Philadelphia's tap water.

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.

Some countries have more water than others - some can afford to use clean water to flush their poop away, and some can't.

My secret is one the world needs to know - nearly a billion people a year die from unsafe drinking water.

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

The film 'Tapped' illustrates quite clearly how we've been getting 'soaked' for years by the bottled water industry.

Let him not throw urine or feces into the water, nor saliva, nor clothes defiled by impure substances, nor any other impurity, nor blood, nor poisonous things.

There is a liquid more precious than oil – water!

... a victim of the use of water as a beverage.

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

No one has the right to use America's rivers and America's Waterways, that belong to all the people, as a sewer. The banks of a river may belong to one man or one industry or one State, but the waters which flow between the banks should belong to all the people.

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

It'll go away only if we make it go away—by not using water.