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Sandra Postel is a water expert specializing in water management, sustainable development, and global water policy. Her work encompasses issues such as water scarcity, water rights, hydrology, and water policy.

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“Water is the basis of life and the blue arteries of the earth! Everything in the non-marine environment depends on freshwater to survive.”

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“For many of us, water simply flows from a faucet, and we think little about it beyond this point of contact. We have lost a sense of respect for the wild river, for the complex workings of a wetland, for the intricate web of life that water supports.”

Source: The Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity

“We have been quick to assume rights to use water but slow to recognize obligations to preserve and protect it... In short, we need a water ethic-a guide to right conduct in the face of complex decisions about natural systems we do not and cannot fully understand.”

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“Water is finite and we have not done a great job of managing it in the past.”

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“Reforesting the earth is possible, given a human touch.”

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Book:Reforesting the earth

Source: Reforesting the earth

“Today's water institutions-the policies and laws, government agencies and planning and engineering practices that shape patterns of water use-are steeped in a supply-side management philosophy no longer appropriate to solving today's water problems.”

Source: Conserving water: the untapped alternative

“Pervasive depletion and overuse of water supplies, the high capital cost of new large water projects, rising pumping costs and worsening ecological damage call for a shift in the way water is valued, used and managed.”

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Book:Conserving water: the untapped alternative

Source: Conserving water: the untapped alternative

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