Hillary Clinton's World Water Day Remarks and the U.S. Water Partnership

Here is the video of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's remarks on World Water Day 2012.

You can read her comments here.

 

I really liked the speech; it was the best of her World Water Day speeches and at least a couple of my WaterWonk colleagues agreed, each of whom is more plugged into the DC scene than I am.

Information on the US Water Partnership (USWP): Fact Sheet and WWW site.

I am curious to see how the partnership will work. I realize it is still a work in progress, but I am a little wary whenever I hear of 'public-private-partnerships'.

Some professional societies should get involved. 

Check out these various USWP presentations:

Private sector:  Download Uswp-presentation-private 

Government agencies:  Download Uswp-presentation-usg

NGOs:  Download Uswp-presentation-ngo

“By focusing on our strengths and leveraging our efforts against the work of others, we can deliver results that are greater than the sum of the parts….. Regardless of whether we’re working on watershed management, efficiency, production, or sanitation, we need to look at this challenge holistically”. - Sec. Hillary Clinton, World Water Day 2010 speech (inspiration for the USWP)

Comments

[Michael]

She actually said "hydrologists"! It is promising that someone of her level understands what a hydrologist is and does.