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Thirst for fresh water could leave Canada feeling dry
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GREG KIELEC greg.kielec@eap.on.ca
A resource often taken for granted in Canada could be eyed with the same envy as oil has been the past four or more de- cades, according to the American inventor of a revolutionary water-testing device Sonaar Luthra, who was guest speaker last Wednesda y evening at the first da y of the St. Lawrence River Institute’s two- da y annual international river s ym posiu m , said there are alread y conflicts over water throughout the world. If cli m ate change results in increasing water shortages south of the border, there could be pressure on Canada to share its precious resource, Luthra said in an inter- view with The Journal . “There won’t be enough water in the states to m eet the de m ands of the popu- lation,” said Luthra. “We don’t know how weather patterns are going to change.” Then Canadians will be faced with m ak- ing tough decisions about how m uch wa- ter the countr y is willing to export without jeopardizing its precious natural resource. Luthra, the inventor of real-ti m e water- testing technolog y , is a for m er journalist and educator who had an abrupt change in career paths after enrolling in NYU’s fa m ed Interactive Teleco mm unications Progra m . He originall y planned on focusing on soft- ware develop m ent at the renowned breed- ing ground for cross-disciplinar y thinking, but instead “fell in love” with the language of circuitr y . “It just felt fairl y destined,” he re- called. After enrolling in a Design for UNICEF
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Sonaar Luthra, the inventor of a handheld water-testing device, uses m obile co mm u- nications to trans m it GPS-tagged data about water trouble spots around the world, stands along the St. Lawrence River during a visit to the St. Lawrence River Institute’s annual river sy m posiu m last Wednesday evening. URGENT!
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