The Technology and Culture Forum at MIT
presents

THE FUTURE OF WATER

Water resources, including drinking water and clean sanitation, are set to become a key social, environmental, and political issue in the 21st century. Many important questions remain to be answered with regard to water: How will water be appropriated to citizens and industries within a country? How can water consumption be regulated between nations? Who will regulate water consumption internationally? Who are the principle victims of water scarcity and poor sanitation? What technologies can be developed to improve water quality and sanitation?

These questions, and others, will be addressed in a 4-part series sponsored by the Technology and Culture Forum.

October 25~~7 pm~~6-120 "Water Please No"
World premier of a short documentary film on the arsenic crisis in Bangladesh and Nepal Comments by RON KRAMER, filmmaker and co-founder of the Global Water Trust Response by CHARLES HARVEY, MIT Civil and Environmental Engineering

October 27~~7 pm~~Room 10-250 "Hydro-politics and Earth Democracy"
VANDANA SHIVA, author of Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, and Profit and Earth Democracy Dr. Shiva will speak on the politics of water consumption, focusing on the victims of water scarcity and presenting the social and political landscape that frames the debate around water resources in developing countries.

November 3~~7 pm~~ 6-120 Women and Water
MARCIA BREWSTER, UN Task Leader on Gender and Water Worldwide, the burden of collecting water falls primarily on women and children. This has significant health, educational, and economic implications. These will be addressed while giving possible suggestions for relieving this burden.

November 10~~7 pm~~6-120 Innovating for Clean and Abundant Water
SUSAN MURCOTT, MIT Civil and Environmental Engineering This event will consider current and future technologies that will equip humans to manage water resources in the 21st century. The discussion will focus on the UN millennium goals for clean water and how technologies can achieve these goals.

This series is free and open to the public; seating is first come, first serve. For more information, please go to: http://web.mit.edu/tac or call 617.253.0108.

This series is co-sponsored by the

MIT Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
the Office of the Dean of Graduate Students, MIT
Women's Studies and
MIT Sangam

Patricia-Maria Weinmann, Associate Coordinator The Technology and Culture Forum at MIT 40 Massachusetts Avenue, MIT Building W11 Cambridge, MA 02139 (617) 253-0108~~253-3260 (fax)