What's the price for a safe, secure source of water?

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Today is World Water Day. Every year, it offers an occasion for all of us to pause and consider our use of this most vital of resources.

On a global level, it helps focus attention on what lies behind the problem of scarcity in various cities around the world, and what can be done to avert or manage it.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on March 22, 2018, with the headline What's the price for a safe, secure source of water?. Subscribe