Just as water scarcity and security are not issues confined to the water sector but are really societal issues, the role of wetlands in ensuring the security of water supply is also a matter of societal choice.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

Drummond Modley, from Wessex Water, said the pipeline was needed to improve the "security of water supply" for 88, 000 customers in Wiltshire, Dorset and Somerset.

BBC: Water pipeline approved between Dorset and Wiltshire

For these communities, the permanent water supply will offer economic security and end decades of water allocation controversy and contention among neighboring communities.

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The goal of such efforts is to contribute to the achievement of the Millenium Development Goals on Environmental Sustainability, Water Supply, Sanitation, Food Security and Poverty Alleviation.

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences

Inefficient energy use is what's bad for the economy, as is the collateral damage in terms of pollution, erosion of water resources, and international security that accompanies old-school fossil fuel and nuclear solutions on the supply side.

FORBES: Evan Mills