U.S. Not Immune to Global Water Crisis.

The World Water Forum, which drew 33,000 people to Istanbul last month, focused on the extreme water crisis already facing mankind. Attendees favored declaring clean water and sanitation a basic universal human right. The United Nations issued its third major call for global action on the issue. A communiqué of the prestigious Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies recommended that water policy be made a cornerstone of U.S. international initiatives. Important new legislation to boost our international efforts — called the Paul Simon Water for the World Act, in memory of the late Illinois senator — was introduced in Congress.

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