The American Chemical Society (ACS) has launched Sustainable Water, a web-based toolkit featuring an anchor video and dozens of other resources to foster greater understanding of the challenges in providing a sustainable supply of clean water — and the possible scientific solutions. With 163,000 members, ACS is the world’s largest scientific society.
The video points out that people around the world are facing shortages of clean water. At least 80 countries already have water shortages that threaten human health and economic activity. Almost 1 billion people lack reliable access to clean drinking water. And the situation may worsen with population growth and global climate change.
The website's resources include links to ACS press releases; Congressional briefings; news articles published in Chemical & Engineering News, the ACS' weekly news magazine; videos; podcasts; and social media posts on Twitter and blogs.
Water sustainability is one of four such toolkits now available online. The toolkits address the science of global climate science, finding sustainable sources of energy, the quest for a sustainable supply of fresh water and federal R&D funding. An additional toolkit on sustainability in the global food supply will be available later in 2013.
