Peak water
Free water!
IPN Opinion article
Poor management and inefficiency plague government water programmes but the oil market may provide examples for improvement.
How to solve the water conflict
IPN Opinion article
Some believe that the war in Iraq is about oil. They are wrong, but the next war may very well be one over a far more precious liquid -- water. According to the U.N.\'s World Water Development Report, which was presented at the Third World Water Forum that just concluded in Japan, water may be a major source of conflict in the Middle East in the years to come. Elsewhere, including Asia, it threatens to be an increasingly contentious issue.
