Tell me how you drink, I’ll tell you who you are
Posted on October 20, 2008
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I have interviewed the CEO of a investment management firm. We were speaking about the need of investment in infrastructure (mainly water), and how good, or bad, the situation is around the world.
And then he made a more specific example:
The water systems, the utilities worldwide, are sort of a barbell. There’s roughly 25% of the world that has running water in their residence and something like 75% of the people alive today do not have water in their residence. And most of those folks are drinking raw unprocessed water. Now, as to the western industrialized nations, the U.S., Europe, et cetera, there’s a big difference. For example, the water system in Switzerland is- being Swiss is very, very efficient, very good, very high quality. The water system in other areas is quite the opposite: leaky, old, dilapidated. Italy is one, yes.
In some areas, Italian water infrastructure is of such poor quality, that many “developing” countries are in much better shape.
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Sigh! Buone notizie mai, eh?!