water supply, sickening hundreds at a time.

Keeping water supplies clean, safe, and healthy requires the attention of a diverse group of people - farmers, conservationists, public policy makers, environmental health workers, and concerned citizens. It can no longer be taken for granted.

Who is responsible for the health of the world's watersheds? Is clean water a right, or a commodity to be bought and sold to the highest bidder? In the years to come, these questions will become more and more urgent. Without sufficient clean water, impoverished countries will never achieve better health and a higher standard of living for their

 

people. Without sufficient clean water, industrialized nations will not be able to meet the demands of all the enterprises that depend on water to function. Without sufficient clean water, all other productive efforts become futile.