10 reasons why we need clean water
If your clean water dilemma is how to clean water marks from glass vases, you’re only touching the tip of this iceberg. If your water is clean, should you leave water marks on glass vases?
SECRET: You can clean water marks from glass vases. I don’t guarantee this will work on all vases, and I urge you to use these ideas at your own risk, but here they are. Mix equal parts of cold tea with vinegar and dissolve a denture cleaning tablet in the mixture. Or fill the vase with water and drop in 2 Alka Seltzer tablets. Soak your vase overnight in either solution, rinse and dry.
Ten reasons why we need clean water
1. Clean water is vital for the human body.
The human body is 50 to 70 percent water and needs a regular supply of clean water to maintain health. We need clean drinking water. We need clean water to cook and make drinks. Healthy eating and clean water go hand in hand. We must work to clean water around the world in order to maintain sufficient sources to meet this need.
2. Clean water is vital for our food.
If we fail to clean the water and keep it clean, we will be locked into a diet of contaminated food. Not only fish, but also other meats, fruits and vegetables will contaminate us. If we want healthy, clean fish to jump out of rivers, streams, and oceans, we will have to clean the water. If we want healthy and organic products, we will have to clean the water used to irrigate the products.
3. Clean water is vital to human health.
Clean drinking water is vital for health, yet the UN and World Health Organization (WHO) report that 1.1 billion people worldwide lack access to clean drinking water. The health consequences are devastating. The UN attributes 2.2 million deaths annually to lack of water and sanitation. If we clean the water, provide better sanitation and teach people how to keep the water clean, future generations will be able to enjoy a longer and healthier life.
4. Clean water is essential for water sports.
A swimmer in clean water is safe from diseases and illnesses caused by polluted and toxic waters. A surfer need not fear swallowing water on a wipe out. Boaters and others who use our water for recreation can relax without worrying about contaminants. Yet 27 years after the passage of the Clean Water Act of 1972, 40% of our rivers, lakes, and estuaries were still too polluted for safe swimming and similar water sports.
5. Clean water is essential for fish and other wildlife.
As humans, we must consider the needs of fish, whales, waterfowl, and other wildlife that live in the water. We must clean up the water when there are oil spills, of course, but we must also work to clean up the water that flows into our oceans, lakes, rivers, and streams. We must clean the water for wildlife that does not live in the water, but depends on clean water for its health and cleanliness.
6. We need clean water to reduce our carbon footprint.
The emissions involved in the production of bottled water are staggering. Pablo Päster, Sustainability Engineer and MBA, made a detailed and exhaustive study of the cost of bringing a single liter of Fiji Water to America. He found that bottlers use almost seven times more water to bottle than what you actually drink. The total amount of water used to produce and deliver one bottle of imported water is 6.74 kg! In the process of making the bottle, pouring water into the bottle and delivering it to you, 250g of GHG emissions were released.
7. We need clean water to reduce garbage.
Each plastic drinking water bottle takes hundreds of years to biodegrade in a landfill. Many plastic drinking water bottles litter the countryside. Some will be recycled, but the recycling process is said to pollute the environment with toxic carcinogens. If we clean water so that it is truly free of contaminants, additives, bacteria, and viruses, people are less likely to rely on bottled water.
8. Clean rain and snow do not occur.
Rain is just one step in the water cycle. Pure rain does not automatically fall through the universe, filtered through the atmosphere and delivered from pure clouds. Neither is pure snow. The rain, snow, and other precipitation we receive finds its way to the sky from bodies of water on earth. If we fail to clean the water on earth, we will have increasingly polluted precipitation. Polluted precipitation is harmful to everyone and everything it falls on.
9. We need clean water for general cleaning.
Whether it’s your clothes in the Maytag washer, your rug under the scrubber, or your body under the shower, clean water is necessary for a thorough clean. From the early preschool years onwards, children are taught proper hygiene, and they depend on clean water.
10. The consequences of inadequate access to clean water are too great.
Many have expressed growing concern that wars over water are more likely in the future than the current battles over oil. When access to clean water is the very essence of life, “no water” can mean “no peace.” If the water is not cleaned up now, it may result in a global war for future generations.
You may be able to add more reasons. You can substitute different ratios, but the end result remains the same. We need clean water.
It is wiser, and less expensive, to keep water clean than to try to clean water that has become dirty and polluted. Will we develop such wisdom for the clean water we have left?