B15: Global Water Supply: Is There a Crisis? - 3 units
David Morris and Peyton Weary
Mon. 1:30–3:00 p.m. - Oct. 27, Nov. 3, 10
Senior Center - Limit: 30

David Morris, P.E., B.S., Clemson University, 1955;

Dr. of Engineering Science, Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute, 1964; Professor of Civil Engineering (structural design, operations research), UVa, 1966-2003.

Peyton Weary, M.D., B.A., Princeton University; UVa School of Medicine, 1955; Professor and Chairman,  Department of Dermatology, UVa, 1958-1999.

An overview of the global water-supply shortages, the major factors that suggest a developing worldwide crisis, and the difficult but necessary decisions to be made will be discussed. The issues of population growth, global warming, pollution, drought, exploitation, poor planning and waste will illustrate the scope and complexity of this dilemma. The feasibility of various solutions—such as desalination—will be reviewed.

Suggested Reading: Clarke, Tony, and Barlow, Maude, Blue Gold: The Fight To Stop the Corporate Theft of the World’s Water, N.Y. Press, 2002, 277 pp. Simon, Paul, Tapped Out: The Coming World Crisis in Water, Welcome Rain Pub., N.Y., 1998, 195 pp.