Water doesn’t get the attention it deserves because it is abundant, easy to access and inexpensive, but that will change in the future, said John Patience, PhD, professor of animal science at Iowa State University.

“We’re going to see…increasing conflict for limited water resources between urban populations, industrial users and agriculture,” Patience told Pig Health Today. “Now is the time for us to think about how we can use water most efficiently and effectively because it isn’t always going to be abundant, and it isn’t always going to be inexpensive.”