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Natural Resources

Apr. 2, 2014

What water can learn from electric utilities

What we are doing now to address the water problem is not working; it isn’t enough. We need to do something different. We need to privatize. By Morten A. Lund


By Morten A. Lund


There is a water crisis in the Southwest United States. This is not news to anyone living in the region. This drought has been called the worst in a hundred years, and several counties in California have been declared federal natural disaster areas. The situation is bad, we will suffer, and the immediate effects on agriculture could be significant, but we will probably survive. That will not be the end of it, however - there will be another drou...

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