Recent humanitarian catastrophes, such as the Rwandan genocide or the war in Sudanese Darfur, have been linked back to water conflicts, as has the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestine.
Blue Peace. That’s the term being used to describe not only the movement for water conservation, but the hope and the belief that fixing the world’s water problem can be a vehicle for ending wars and other global problems and creating peace on our earth.
“People have the right to expect access to a basic life resource like water by virtue of being human, regardless of the social situation they are born into,” Saiz said. “Alongside the worrying development of water scarcity, I am hopeful that we will see increasing struggles to see access to water as a right, and not a privilege.”