It's funny because me and coworker were talking about water the other day (half her town is currently without it). I had one of those random thoughts of just how much of a luxury running water is and it's the most severely underappreciated luxury we have in America. Until we don't have it.
Oh, water is very important. You need to live in a country where you have an actual obsession with it to really get it: in my country, we're taught from childhood about preserving water and recycling it. Every summer there are government sponsored commercials about using less water, every winter the rainfall and water levels in lakes and reservoirs is compared to previous years.
I'm surprised nobody thought to make a joke on his name, though.
Parts of the American Southwest are living in similar conditions, the difference being they only have to negotiate water rights with neighboring states, not neighboring countries. Which is why water is likely to make your part of the world even more conflicted than it is now in a generation or two. :(
No doubt. Especially when, you know, neighboring countries are not your allies, to understate it. It's amazing that Jordan, Syria and Israel have somehow managed to divide the waters of the Jordan and its tributaries and sources without coming to a major war, and Syria trying to divert the course only once.
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I'm surprised nobody thought to make a joke on his name, though.
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