"Access to a secure, safe and sufficient source of fresh water is a fundamental requirement for the survival, well-being and socio-economic development of all humanity. Yet, we continue to act as if fresh water were a perpetually abundant resource. It is not."
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Kofi Annan, UN Secretary-General, as quoted in Is the World Running Out of Water?, Awake! magazine, (22 June 2001)
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