Where are problems of water distribution greatest?
Twenty-two countries in Africa are without [safe drinking] water. People just have no access. South Africa is in very, very serious trouble. [In] many parts of Latin America, although there is water, the ordinary people have no access to water unless they’re wealthy. Mexico City is running out of water. The whole Mexican Valley is in serious trouble. China is paying for its economic miracle, becoming the economic superpower of the world, so-called, by destroying its water tables. Two-thirds of the cities in northern China are now in severe water scarcity situations. Seventy-five percent of all of India’s rivers and waterways are polluted beyond use, as are 80 percent of China’s. You just can’t overstate it. There are two [reasons] water doesn’t reach people. One is that the actual geographic area is running out of water. The other is that there’s no delivery, no ability for people who can’t pay to get it. Latin America is a good example of a place that has an abundant water supply, gen
