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Sandra Postel is the founding director of the Global Water Policy Project. She is a world expert on fresh water and related ecosystems. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] From 2009-2015, she served as Freshwater Fellow of the National Geographic Society .
The Global Water Policy Project (GWPP) was founded by Sandra Postel in 1994. Its aim is to promote the preservation of Earth's freshwater through research, writing, outreach and public speaking. [1] The GWPP is based in New Mexico, in the southwestern United States.
For many of us, water simply flows from a faucet, and we think little about it beyond this point of contact. We have lost a sense of respect for the wild river, for the complex workings of a wetland, for the intricate web of life that water supports. ” — Sandra Postel
There are no reliable figures on water use in Venezuela given the low coverage of metering. According to one estimate, average residential water use was about 230 liters per person per day in 2004. [8] According to another estimate it was twice as much at 450 L/person/day in 2010. In parts of Caracas water use is more than 900 L/person/day. [6]
The initials GWPP could indicate: . the Global Water Policy Project, a fresh-water conservation project headed by Sandra Postel.; the Global Warming Petition Project (AKA the Oregon Petition), a project devoted to discrediting global climate change (or its previous label global warming), under the auspices of the non-profit organization called the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine
At the same time, this dam gets about 80% of the sewage systems from Valencia. The installations for water treatment, the responsibility of the national government centre Hidrocentro, are in disrepair. In 2007 the national government decided to pump water from the Valencia Lake – water unfit for human consumption – to the Pao-Cachinche dam.
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