“Water was now more precious than gold.” What does she mean by this? How do you know

In fact, water has become more precious than gold. Over the past 10 years the S&P 500 Global Water index has outperformed the bellwether gold and energy indices. ... While the planet Earth is primarily covered in water, only 2.5% of it is fresh, and only a portion of that is drinkable.

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