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Water Controversies Boil Over By Mat Weiser Summary

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Mat Weiser’s article “Water Controversies Boil Over” is an excerpt from the Sacramento Bee “Opinion” section, published April 26, 2009. Weiser displays his opinion over water controversies and how it could lead to disaster. First off, Weiser believes water can bring the world to war. “The United Nations says water wars may be more likely in the future than wars over oil” (Weiser). Water is a life sustaining substance. Without water there cannot be life. People are willing to fight over water, such as in California the north and south are fighting over who gets the majority of California’s water. Secondly, there is plenty of water for everyone to have but people are not conserving and are wasting it. “However, the problem is poor management
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