December is a time for reflection. How did your year turn out? Did you have a safe year? It is that time of year to sit down, take a deep breath and reflect on all that has happened in 2017.
Now I want you to think beyond your business and country to the global water crisis. We are just 25 months away from 2020. What is significant about 2020? We expect the world population to hit 8 billion people. I say “we expect” because, in my 2014 National Driller article “Interns Can Fill Age Gap in Water Well Drilling Industry,” I wrote, “By the year 2020, there will be 7.6 billion people in the world, and our need for water will have never been greater.” I used the most relevant data available in 2014 as the source for that statement, and nearly three years later that data has increased by 400 million people. By the end of 2017, we will have met the original 7.6 billion people goal.