“Less than 1 percent of all water on Earth is available as groundwater and surface water suitable for human uses such as drinking and cooking. The remainder is either salt water (97 percent) or is locked up in ice (just over 2 percent).”
“More than 1 billion of the world's people lack access to safe water, and nearly 2 billion people lack safe sanitation. Over 3 million people annually die from avoidable water-related diseases.”
-Water Encyclopedia
Taking a step back from is America’s water safe let us take a look at a bigger picture. The earth is covered in water, right? Then why do some countries have problems finding clean water to drink? Well in reality that huge chunk of water on earth is salt water. Salt water is not drinkable; 97% of earth’s water is salt water. Only about 1 percent of water is available on earth that is usable for drinking and cooking. There will always be about the same amount of water on earth but that still does not make it drinkable. Water is not easily attainted in some parts of the world as it is here in America. In fact 1 billion people lack access to safe water and to think it is something often taken for granted.
Drinking Water and Society. http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/. 2002. Water Encyclopedia. 16 November 2010. < http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/Da-En/Drinking-Water-and-Society.html>
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