It seems that most of these ...
Published by Daniel Couton, Process and Environmental Chemist
It seems that most of these things are politically driven which means you need to get the voters on board for the politicians (the decision makers) to make it a priority.
Unfortunately it appears that you need a literal catastrophe to occur to prioritise something with the voting masses.
The bushfires here in Australia have got the masses talking (now yelling) about Climate Change/Global Warming. The politicians are now paying attention because if they want to get voted back in they will need to be seen to be doing something.
Fiji recently had a measles outbreak because people had decided to stop vaccinating their children. Vaccination became a national priority and I'm sure that there will be a LOT of educational programs being rolled out in the next few months/years.
Gun laws got changed in New Zealand after the mass shooting at a mosque in Christchurch. The gun laws had always been deficient, however, it required this occurrence to highlight this fact. The change in laws was implemented VERY quickly in response.
The outcomes above are great for everyone involved. However, trying not to sound pessimistic, it might take a situation in which water resources can no longer be used for a purpose that directly affects the masses (drinking, fishing, recreation) for them to put pressure on the politicians to make the required changes.
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Daniel,
I am 95-100% in agreement with your comment regarding getting the politicians involved in water policy: somehow they are just not aware of the impending crisis. I recently posted the first section of a proposal for a facility capable of calibrating large (up to 24") distribution water main meters with very low uncertainty -- as the prerequisite for reliable water audits and the basis for low-level on-line leak detection by system balance. After submitting the proposal to multiple water managers without even a response, I am finally taking the political approach, and have changed the title of the first section to "Introduction: Briefing for Water Policy Makers, Environmental and Legal Background", and am now seeking the politicians' support.
Here in California we are facing the same drought problems as in Australia -- and just about every place else in the world.
Arnold
Published by Arnold Liu, CEO & Scientific Director at Quantum Dynamics, Inc.