Shortages of Fresh Water Seen as Emerging Threat
“The Ripple Effect: The Fate of Fresh Water in the Twenty-first Century” (Scribner), by Alex Prud’homme: Even as motorists fret about the cost of gasoline, a rising chorus of jeremiads warns that shortages of freshwater, not oil, will trigger the most pressing challenges of the 21st century.
A spate of books and articles has laid out possible scenarios in which population growth, pollution and mismanagement will lead to a scarcity of water in some regions. The idea that large population centers such as Phoenix and Las Vegas could be rendered uninhabitable may no longer be the stuff of apocalyptic fiction.
Prud’homme, co-author with his great-aunt Julia Child of “My Life in France,” makes a thoughtful and compelling case that policymakers and average citizens should pay more attention to the precious but undervalued commodity that flows from their taps. Future wars, he suggests, may be fought over water.
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