Why water is not the new oil
We hear it over and over, especially in Texas: "Water is the new oil." But treating water as a commodity neglects fundamental differences between the two resources that we ignore at our own peril.
Sharlene Leurig
Sharlene Leurig is the director of the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Program at Ceres, a nonprofit sustainability advocacy group. She is a former chairwoman of the city of Austin's Water Resource Planning Task Force.