We have been quick to assume rights to use water but slow to recognize obligations to preserve and protect it... In short, we need a water ethic-a guide to right conduct in the face of complex decisions about natural systems… — Sandra Postel Copy Share Image
Water is finite and we have not done a great job of managing it in the past. — Sandra Postel Copy Share Image
Water is the basis of life and the blue arteries of the earth! Everything in the non-marine environment depends on freshwater to survive. — Sandra Postel Copy Share Image
We have been quick to assume rights to use water but slow to recognize obligations to preserve and protect it... In short, we need… — Sandra Postel Copy Share Image
For many of us, water simply flows from a faucet, and we think little about it beyond this point of contact. We have lost… — Sandra Postel Copy Share Image
Pervasive depletion and overuse of water supplies, the high capital cost of new large water projects, rising pumping costs and worsening ecological damage call… — Sandra Postel Copy Share Image
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… — Sandra Postel Copy Share Image
