Thursday, August 31, 2006

Are we destroying our water resources in our quest for development?

BBC NEWS | Have Your Say | Green Room: Water abuse is costing the Earth In Peru, there are areas where the only moisture comes in as a night fog in the mountainous desert environment. A Canadian invention, large sheets of plastic gauze-like "sails" if you will, collect moisture and store it for use harvested from the fog. It works well and perhaps could be used in other areas. Water quantity and quality are important issues, water poor Iraq has found out how important. Dams in adjacent countries threaten it's existence. George Myers, Bronx

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