Sustainable Water Use Quotes

The simple fact is that there is a limited amount of water on the planet, and we cannot afford to be negligent in its use. We cannot keep treating it as if it will never run out.

Although two thirds of our planet is water, we face an acute water shortage. The water crisis is the most pervasive , most severe, and most invisible dimension of the ecological devastation of the earth.

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.

It is really important to solve the problem of rational utilization and distribution of wate supplies. I dare say, the shortage of fresh water is the major ecological problem of this moment.

If surface water can be compared with interest income, and non-renewable groundwater with capital, then much of the West was living mainly on interest income. California was milking interest and capital in about equal proportion. The plains states, however, were devouring capital as a gang of spendthrift heirs might squander a great capitalist's fortune.

Among these treasures of our land is water-fast becoming our most valuable, most prized, most critical resource. A blessing where properly used-but it can bring devastation and ruin when left uncontrolled.

Some decisions, like opening a fire hydrant to put out a fire, are easy to make. Other decisions, like deciding how to best distribute a drought-limited water supply among urban, rural and recreational uses, require careful deliberation.

Water is the sleeping giant issue of the 21st century and we all need to wake up about it.

California became the last state in the west to regulate groundwater usage. The state's first-ever mandatory water restrictions soon followed.

From earliest times, water has always been acknowledged as a primary human good and an indispensable natural resource. Around the great rivers of the world, like the Mississippi, great cultures have developed, while over the course of the centuries the prosperity of countless societies has been linked to these waterways. Today, however, the great fluvial systems of every continent are exposed to serious threats, often as a result of man's activity and decisions.

As long as there have been people in California, there have been people obsessed with California's water. Scientists say the state is at its driest point in half a millennium and as any Californians will tell you, it is not just their problem, it's everyone's problem.

If you waste water, you die.

Water is the mother of the vine, the nurse and fountain of fecundity, the adorner and refresher of the world.

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

In many respects, Arizona is a model for the rest of the country on best practices for water management.