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Water insecurity: think poverty, not climate

I’ve recently become acquainted with interesting research by Texas A&M geographer Wendy Jepson, who has studied household water insecurity along the U.S.-Mexico border. There’s a tendency to look for a technological fix (“Look at this cool new filter we invented!”), but Jepson found this less than effective (“HWS” is “household water security”):

▻http://www.inkstain.net/fleck/2016/02/water-insecurity-think-poverty-not-climate
#eau #pauvreté #climat #Etats-Unis #Mexique #USA