Blog: How business and government might solve the freshwater crisis—together
Does the public sector need the private sector’s help to address the freshwater crisis? That’s the controversial thesis of Stanford law and environmental social sciences professor Barton “Buzz” Thompson’s provocatively titled new book: Liquid Asset: How Business and Government Can Partner to Solve the Freshwater Crisis. (Buzz is also a member of the PPIC Water Policy Center’s research network.) We sat down with him to hear more. … The private sector is already involved in water in many ways, some more controversial than others. … We think of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) as a public program, and it is. The legislature passed the law, and public agencies are implementing it. But if you look carefully, you’ll see private handprints all over SGMA’s success.