by Nick Timmerman
In this essay, Professor Timmerman shares his experience on the Overseas Faculty Development Seminar in India in January of 2023, and how the program affected his perspective on water usage and sustainability.
Water is life. A phrase used frequently in recent years as environmental challenges, including access to clean water, has become a focal point. The population in the world continues to grow, temperatures continue to rise, the climate is dramatically changing, and much of the research on causes point directly to human influence on the global environment. Few countries are at the epicenter of rapid population increases, economic industrialization and globalization, and serious environmental concerns such as air and water quality as India.