Water Resources Quotes

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.

Many of the wars this century were about oil, but those of the next century will be over water

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

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

We Americans are churning through fresh water at an alarming and unsustainable rate.

At least five cents in every acre should be reserved for the construction of ponds to store rainwater.

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.

Fierce national competition over water resources has prompted fears that water issues contain the seeds of violent conflict.

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

I believe that agriculture land - productive agricultural land with water on site - will be valuable in the future.

We are not calling for war, but we will never permit our water security ... to be threatened.

When I think about what makes Canada great, fresh water is right at the top of the list. We have over two million lakes in this country and more than enough people who are willing to mess with them. My Canada includes weird scientists who are devoted to keeping our water clean. When we stand up and we sing O Canada, we pledge to stand on guard for thee. If that doesn't include our water, we might as well sit down and give up.

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.

Some of the areas in China have been under very grave water scarcity: for example, the north China plain; they are facing a very serious water shortage. Per capita levels have dropped to very serious levels, including in Beijing.

Either you bring the water to L.A. or you bring L.A. to the water.

Of all the works of civilization that interfere with the natural water distribution system, irrigation has been by far the most pervasive and powerful.

The situation is quite serious - groundwater is important source for water use, including drinking water, and if it gets contaminated, it's very costly and difficult to clean.

The only matter that could take Egypt to war again is water.

Countries that control water are likely to be the big winners of the future.

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

In 2012, Coke used more water than close to a quarter of the world’s population..

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

True conservation provides for wise use by the general public. The American people do not want our resources preserved for the exclusive use of the wealthy. These land and water resources belong to the people, and people of all income levels should have easy access to them.

Israel is thirsting for water, and Turkey is overflowing with it.

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