Crisis Quote by Maude Barlow

The simple fact is that there is a limited amount of water on the planet, and we cannot afford to be negligent in its…

— Mohamed ElBaradei

Right now, huge numbers of people cannot obtain even drinking water, and the situation is likely to become worse with predicted climate change and…

— Noam Chomsky

History is full of lessons for how water crises could have been avoided or better managed.

— Jose Angel Gurria

Water is finite and we have not done a great job of managing it in the past.

— Sandra Postel

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

— Erin Brockovich

The trouble with water-and there is trouble with water-is that they're not making any more of it. They're not making any less, mind, but…

— Marq de Villiers

Climate change poses tremendous threat to water resources, as there is inconsistency in the rains.

— Johan Rockstrom

I have seen water availability change drastically in my own lifetime. Around the world, millions of people are already living in a true water…

— Penelope Cruz

Although two thirds of our planet is water, we face an acute water shortage. The water crisis is the most pervasive , most severe,…

— Vandana Shiva

If we think of what's up ahead, with climate change and wars over water, it's very frightening.

— Carol Ann Duffy

I have little need to remind you that water has become one of our major national concerns.

— Ezra Taft Benson

The next World War will be over water

— Ismail Serageldin