Steps to water sustainability.
Equality and equity in the distribution of safe water is a basic human right every state needs to protect.
There are an estimated 16 million Pakistanis who don’t have access to clean drinking water.
The country was also recently declared ‘water scarce’ to which the government has yet to take any substantive measures for conservation or sustainability.
Here everyone is in contract with some private water company or another for regular cash on delivery-bottled water.
Much like the ‘milkman’, here in urban Pakistan, households have their very own ‘waterman’.
Our most common source of water exists in absenteeism of strong government legislation or ecological responsibility from individual citizens, naturally paving the way for exploitation from private companies.
In Pakistan, the issue of water is dominated by politics and mismanagement.
There is a dire need for monitoring mechanisms, and conceivable apparatus to ensure every citizen has access to safe water, and learns to use it responsibly in sync with government policy.
If we leave water conservation to the “waterman”, then their modes of extraction will not be based on the building of a sustainable water supply for all, but on the desire to constantly increase profit margins.

Steps to water sustainability.
Equality and equity in the distribution of safe water is a basic human right every state needs to protect.
There are an estimated 16 million Pakistanis who don’t have access to clean drinking water.
The country was also recently declared ‘water scarce’ to which the government has yet to take any substantive measures for conservation or sustainability.
Here everyone is in contract with some private water company or another for regular cash on delivery-bottled water.
Much like the ‘milkman’, here in urban Pakistan, households have their very own ‘waterman’.
Our most common source of water exists in absenteeism of strong government legislation or ecological responsibility from individual citizens, naturally paving the way for exploitation from private companies.
In Pakistan, the issue of water is dominated by politics and mismanagement.
There is a dire need for monitoring mechanisms, and conceivable apparatus to ensure every citizen has access to safe water, and learns to use it responsibly in sync with government policy.
If we leave water conservation to the “waterman”, then their modes of extraction will not be based on the building of a sustainable water supply for all, but on the desire to constantly increase profit margins.

Liquid Gold: Clean Water Funds Attract Interest.
Money is being poured into the clean water industry, but few on Wall Street seem to be talking about it, with larger concerns over oil, gold and other commodities.
Richardson says there’s an increasing gap between supply and demand in the water sector, along with "increasing climate disruptions and extreme weather events that require substantial investments in water treatment technologies and distribution infrastructure."
"Plus, domestically, President (Donald) Trump has labeled poor water quality as a major issue and a priority to be addressed, and so we’re seeing a lot of opportunity for investors both in the U.S. and abroad."
On a global basis, water demand is also surging due to population growth and changing diets, says Doug Morrow, associate director at Sustainalytics, an ESG research firm that tracks environmental and industrial water issues.
Against this backdrop, Morrows says his firm’s research found that more than 40 percent of researched companies in the food products, semiconductors and utility industries have a poor water management program, despite the large water requirements of these industries.
Currently, there are exchange-traded funds that will enable liquid-minded investors to do just that.
The fund tracks the price and yield of the ISE Water Index, a benchmark industry index.
Another, even larger water-themed fund is PowerShares Water Resource Portfolio ETF ( PHO), a fund with $750 million in assets under management which closely tracks the Nasdaq OMX US Water index.
The fund, which is trading at $27 per share, is also up 6 percent on a year-to-date basis, and is up almost 20 percent on a 12-month basis.

Stop Hunting for That Oasis: This Device Can Create Water Out of Thin Air.
One stumbling block for global water accessibility is the reliance on "grid" structures for transit and access — as drinkable water currently needs to flow through pipes, creating the necessary infrastructure to ensure access in remote or inhospitable areas is extremely costly, time consuming, and even virtually impossible in some cases.
The work is a collaboration between Dr. Evelyn Wang’s Device Research Laboratory at MIT Mechanical Engineering, and Professor Omar M. Yaghi’s Reticular Chemistry Laboratory at University of California-Berkeley.
While powered by solar energy, its most important components are metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).
Professor Yaghi invented MOFs two decades ago — he explains they are materials made by stitching together organic and inorganic metallic units into porous frameworks, which are ideal for capturing and storing gases and liquids.
"The MOF [in this device], MOF-801, is capable of trapping water at extremely low humidities typical of arid regions of Earth where almost one-third of the world population lives.
As air passes through the MOF, water is trapped in its tiny pores and then concentrated," Prof. Yaghi told Sputnik.
It’s the first device capable of water capture and delivery under such conditions — but its application extends beyond drinking water and household purposes.
Certainly, there are many techniques for capturing water at high humidity, but none work at low humidity as this MOF device does.
Moreover, the average human needs roughly 330 milliliters (the equivalent of a standard Pepsi can) of water per day to survive — the device can collect that total in under an hour.

Getting a job is like dating.
Your first job like your first date (or relationship) is unlikely to be your last.
Your value in your eyes is not the same as your value in the eyes of others (for better or for worse), so it takes times to find the right "match."
When it’s a seller’s market, then that girl may be competing with lots of other girls to get a guy’s attention or that firm may be competing with other firms to get employees.
Put in the time to show your value.
University graduates who refuse jobs that are "below them" lose out on experiences and opportunities.
Not all dates work out but some are fun and others are "learning experiences."
Make sure that each time you switch partners you do better for yourself When you’re older you will see younger people making lots of dating mistakes.
If you’re in the job market, you’re dating.
Make sure you get your money’s worth because many masters programs only see you as a revenue source.