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[Peter Kofler]

Link to peer-reviewed study "Global threats to human water security and river biodiversity"
 
http://limnology.wisc.edu/personnel/mcintyre/publications/vorosmarty_etal_2010_nature_global_threats.pdf
 
Co-author Peter McIntyre, University of Wisconsin, observes: 
 
"Our technology gives us a false sense of security. When we go home at night, we can turn on the faucet & have clean running water", (but in the natural systems that ultimately supply that water) "we're already at a crisis point."
 
McIntyre hopes the study will highlight the need for a shift in the way water resources are managed, moving from engineering solutions to protecting the natural watersheds that keep people and ecosystems healthy. (ref. Discover Jan./Feb. 2011, p. 63) 		 	   		  
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