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Water and Sustainability

In the 1999 World Bank policy statement on critical societal and environmental issue, water was a key concern.  “Water is essential for all dimensions of life.  Over the past few decades, use of water has increased, and in many places water availability is falling to crisis levels. More than eighty countries, with forty percent of the world’s population, are already facing water shortages, while by year 2020 the world’s population will double.“   This September Reeves-Reed Arboretum along with other public gardens in New Jersey made water conservation the center piece of a joint programming effort.  On Saturday, September 24 the Arboretum hosted John Olivo of Bosenberg & Co. who gave a wonderful presentation on different ways to conserve and harvest water.  This was such a wonderful presentation we are pleased to share it with you.

Gayle Petty-Johnson

Please click here for a PDF presentation of this lecture.