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JAK3CAL t1_iyk2rtv wrote

Reply to comment by Mor_Tearach in 'Finally, some justice': Corporation ordered to pay Pennsylvania town millions. Fracking destroys town’s water. by CQU617

I studied hydrogeology. My professor would warn us that an imminent world war was highly likely; and it’s be over water.

Waters one of things… Don’t consider it until you don’t have it. Then it’s hell on earth

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Mor_Tearach t1_iyk4rfo wrote

Wow? Grandfather was a civil engineer. Born around 1906. Water was always one of his concerns. He grew up in Colorado and Wyoming, worked ranches out there as a kid and through college.

I was too young to understand exactly why he was so alarmed but insisted as long as I knew him the next war would be over water. Hearing your prof say pretty much the same thing is chilling.

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JAK3CAL t1_iykaeg5 wrote

We have seen early examples brewing, for example the Ethiopian dam.

We are very fortunate to live near the Great Lakes, the largest natural freshwater system. Wild that PA continues to pollute its own water at a breakneck pace.

As a side note - my property is serviced by a spring. Probably one of the last in the country where the only water supply is a spring and cistern system, fully gravity fed. We had a drought and water ran out for a week.

Holy shit was it awful. Toilet can’t flush. No showers. No cooking no washing hands no filling a glass, no wetting a paper towel to clean something… literally everything involves water. It was one of the most miserable weeks of my life

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