Water - The Water Tamer: John Briscoe - Harvard

This article discusses politics and complexity of water issues and John's experience in the space.

some hilights:

"Water issues are not just about scarcity or potability or floods, he explains—they are part religion, part politics, part civilization... In India, where Briscoe lived for several years, the Ganges is deeply entwined in the country’s language, culture, history, and political order, he continues, as well as with such concerns as energy, health, agriculture, and the environment. “Water truly branches into all aspects of life.”

 

(utility win-win)

“If you work with the farmers upstream on better land-use practice, by investing X you can reduce the sediment loads coming down into the plants by Y.” The utilities “pay these farmers to manage their land in a different way”—improving agricultural productivity and preserving soil—“and it is actually much cheaper to do that than to treat all this sediment.”

 

more diction around framing:

"...water resources are finite, whereas demand increases as economies and populations grow. Climate change exacerbates water insecurity as glaciers melt and rainfall patterns shift. "