Apocalyptic Warnings About ‘Water Wars’: New at Reason

With the Flint water crisis getting international attention, HumanProgress.org’s Marian Tupy takes a look at global trends for access to drinking water (up) and freshwater reserves (down).

Tupy explains:

As ever, the alarmists were well ahead of the curve. Back in college, I remember reading about the likelihood of a military conflict between Israel, Jordan and Syria over the water from the Jordan River. Turns out, water scarcity is much less of an issue in a region torn apart by sectarian strife, but a deluge of apocalyptic warnings continues unabated: “Water Wars,” “Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution And Profit,” “The Great Lakes Water Wars,” “Blue Gold: World Water Wars,” etc.

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