Directing the Department of Energy to include water in its deliberations would be a very significant development.

those of us who have listened, certainly the 40 percent difference between supply and demand ought to get everybody's attention.

But how can the Federal Government be a partner in these kinds of initiatives?

Do the rest of you have recommendations for one significant change that we can make?

I think you have given us a lot to think about and some real concrete recommendations for what might be helpful from the public sector, going forward.

So through an organization called the Water Resources Group 2030, which is an entity that started in the World Economic Forum and is now formally housed in the International Finance Corporation--the sole mission of the Water Resources…

So that the less water they use, the lower their bills are----

I was just going to ask them if they support that idea.

So the importance of data that you talked about in your testimony?

So, how can we support leadership in the private sector to address these issues?

One area where Government, I think, is beginning to recognize the importance of this nexus and address it is within the military.

If we don't collaborate with governments, with the private sector, with NGO's, with academia, there is no way we are going to be able to hit that goal.