ASIAN COUNTRIES COULD FACE MASSIVE WATER CRISIS

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REUTERS - Developing countries in Asia could face an "unprecedented"
water crisis within a decade due to mismanagement of water resources,
the Asian Development Bank said in a report. The effects of climate
change, rapid industrialization and population growth on water resources
could lead to health and social issues that could cost billions of
dollars annually, it said. "If the present unsatisfactory trends
continue, in one or two decades, Asian developing countries are likely
to face and cope with a crisis on water quality management that is
unprecedented in human history," Ajit Biswas wrote in the report.

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/29/5519/

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