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From: The Scotsman
Date: 20030306
Author:JAMES REYNOLDS

"WATER, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink."

So wrote Samuel Taylor Coleridge in his epic poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. He probably didn't foresee it at the time but, almost 170 years after his death, the most quoted line of Coleridge's entire canon of verse is more apposite than ever.

The most pressing challenge facing the global population over the course of the next century is the water crisis.

Scotland, with its low population, temperate climate fed by the warm currents of the Gulf Stream and plentiful supply of raw material, rain, has a water surplus. It can export to ...

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