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> [For many of us, water simply flows from a faucet, and we think little about it beyond this point of contact. We have lost a sense of respect for the wild river, for the complex workings of a wetland, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-postel/for-many-of-us-water-simply-flows-from-a-faucet-and-we-think-little/)

[Sandra Postel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-postel/)

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## Other authors on Flowing river

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flowing-river/paulo-coelho/)

## More by Sandra Postel

> [Water is finite and we have not done a great job of managing it in the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-postel/water-is-finite-and-we-have-not-done-a-great-job-of-managing-it-in/)

[Sandra Postel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-postel/)

> [Water is the basis of life and the blue arteries of the earth! Everything in the non-marine environment depends on freshwater to survive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-postel/water-is-the-basis-of-life-and-the-blue-arteries-of-the-earth/)

[Sandra Postel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-postel/)

> [We have been quick to assume rights to use water but slow to recognize obligations to preserve and protect it... In short, we need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-postel/we-have-been-quick-to-assume-rights-to-use-water-but-slow-to/)

[Sandra Postel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-postel/)

> [For many of us, water simply flows from a faucet, and we think little about it beyond this point of contact. We have lost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-postel/for-many-of-us-water-simply-flows-from-a-faucet-and-we-think-little/)

[Sandra Postel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-postel/)

> [Pervasive depletion and overuse of water supplies, the high capital cost of new large water projects, rising pumping costs and worsening ecological damage call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-postel/pervasive-depletion-and-overuse-of-water-supplies-the-high-capital/)

[Sandra Postel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-postel/)

> [Reforesting the earth is possible, given a human touch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-postel/reforesting-the-earth-is-possible-given-a-human-touch/)

[Sandra Postel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-postel/)

> [Today's water institutions-the policies and laws, government agencies and planning and engineering practices that shape patterns of water use-are steeped in a supply-side management…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-postel/today-s-water-institutions-the-policies-and-laws-government-agencies/)

[Sandra Postel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-postel/)

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