2009Jan13: Billions lack basic water services.
2009Jan13: “Humans already appropriate over 50% of all renewable and accessible freshwater flows, and yet billions still lack the most basic water services,” according to Dr. Peter Gleick, president of the Pacific Institute (Pacific Institute).
Reference: Pacific Institute http://www.pacinst.org/press_center/press_releases/worlds_water_0809.html
Image Description: Water well by the road side north of Tieshan, China. Photo by Vmenkov, 2008Sept6. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tieshan-Water-well-0103.jpg Image Permission: This file is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5.
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