The World is Running Out of Water

By: Moneycontrol.com
Source: Forbes India

10 October, 2009 — Global companies worried about climate change and energy consumption need to consider a third challenge in their sustainability plans, the leader of a Colorado-based engineering firm said Oct. 9 at Thunderbird.

“We have a global water crisis,” said Lee McIntire, president and CEO of CH2M Hill and a 1981 Thunderbird graduate. “You’re going to start reading about it in publications like the Wall Street Journal.”

McIntire said sustainable solutions of the future will be found in the nexus of climate change, energy consumption and water management. None of the three problems can be solved in isolation because they intersect in various ways. Transporting water, for example, requires huge amounts of energy.

“The people who can find holistic solutions are going to do well,” McIntire said. “If you’re a problem solver, the world is wide open right now.”

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Headquartered near Denver, Colo., employee-owned CH2M HILL is a global leader in engineering, procurement, construction, management and operations for government, civil, industrial and energy clients. With $6.4 billion in revenue and more than 25,000 employees, CH2M HILL is an industry-leading program management, construction management and design firm, as ranked by Engineering News-Record (2008). The firm's work is concentrated in the areas of energy, water, transportation, environmental, nuclear and industrial facilities. The firm has long been recognized as a most-admired company and leading employer, including being named by FORTUNE as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For (2009).
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