Management Quote by David Owen

Despite its growing scarcity and preciousness to life, ironically, water is also man’s most misgoverned, inefficiently allocated and profligately wasted natural resource.

— Steven Solomon

Agricultural demand for water - probably the largest threat to freshwater species - continues to increase. ... Meanwhile, threats to terrestrial biodiversity - primarily…

— Indur M. Goklany

Everything we think about regarding sustainability - from energy to agriculture to manufacturing to population - has a water footprint. Almost all of the…

— Jamais Cascio

Water is the foundation for our economies, communities, ecosystems, and quality of life.

— Kate Brown

Having lived in the arid deserts of Southern California since the 1970s, my interest in water conservation is a very personal concern. Water! The…

— Eric Burdon

“People need to manage land with water circulation in mind,”

— Judith D. Schwartz

We must treat water as if it were the most precious thing in the world, the most valuable natural resource. Be economical with water!…

— Mikhail Gorbachev

The destruction of aquatic ecosystem health, and the increasing water scarcity, are in my opinion the most pressing environmental problems facing human kind.

— Maude Barlow

Loss of natural areas threatens our water supply, national security, farms, and health.

— Deb Haaland

“Underlying many aspects of water development is a myth: the myth that we must have more.”

— Tim Palmer

In many cases, water stress is more about politics, economics, behaviour and governance than absolute water scarcity. Better planning is needed, to allocate water…

— Ian Goldin

Water can be a blessing or a curse. Too often we make conservation about saving a whale, a coral reef or a marsh. But…

— Alexandra Cousteau