[rinka_singh]

Water!!! With drying rivers, increasing pollution, potable water for humans, flora and fauna is becoming a key necessity.

The other side of this increasing pollution - this dramatically reduces the amount of potable water available.

THIS (m'thinks) is / will be a key reason for conflicts, for the continuation and accelleration of the ongoing extinction event...

If we must survive, this is one problem that needs to be solved.

There are others too: handling/processing/disposing pollution/garbage at scale and sustainable power generation but they are currently the next priority.

[cratermoon]

Texas and New Mexico have been in a fight over water from the Rio Grande for a decade[1]. Seven western states have been trying to fix the flawed Colorado River Compact[2]. That's just for the US.

1 https://www.hcn.org/articles/south-water-the-history-behind-...

2 https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/02/colorado-rive...