Op-Ed: The Importance of Water in Development

Imagine if you will, a lone figure trudging through a barren desert landscape with nothing but miles and miles of seemingly endless seas of sand to keep them company. Obviously, of primary importance to that person would be finding WATER and finding it FAST! The importance of water to the continuation of human life cannot be downplayed. Water is most important to all of life, from the lowliest seedling to the greatest land mammal.

This is not so much a response to Rebecca Lawton’s piece from last week’s (May 25, 2022) Ledger as it is engendered by it. Lawton’s article is a good example of how...