Water Resources Quotes

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Anthony T. Hincks
“Will water become the new gold of the coming age?
Will man lust after the precious commodity in an ever aggressive manner?
Will nature meet man head on and show him who is boss?”
Anthony T. Hincks

“The apex of Egypt's Middle Kingdom had redefined the powerful hydraulic nation. The catastrophe that marked the end of this period of prosperity and regional integration appears to have been a climate-induced migration crisis. it contained a crucial insight that would go unheeded by most subsequent hydraulic hegemons: In the relationship between water and society, the resilience of the state is not just a function of its proficiency in harnessing its own resources; it is equally a function of all others in the system succeeding at doing the same.”
Giulio Boccaletti, Water: A Biography