US Government Releases First US Global Water Strategy

Nov 22, 2017 | WaterWorld
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The U.S. Government recently released its U.S. Global Water Strategy to address the challenges of the global water crisis that may increase disease, undermine economic growth, foster insecurity and state failure, and generally reduce the capacity of countries to advance priorities that support U.S. interests. The report, requested by Congress in 2014, lays out four goals: increase access to safe drinking water and sanitation; improve water management; protect watersheds from pollution; and prevent conflict over rivers, lakes, and aquifers that cross political boundaries.