Water: What it is and what it isn’t.

Earth’s water is a pretty simple chemical equation of (2) hydrogen atoms bonded with (1) oxygen atom making H2O.

According to NASA, “if we consider Earth’s early history, which included vast periods of time with high temperatures and no protective atmosphere, we can guess what happened to the water molecules that may have been here. Evaporation back into space! So, scientists think the water we treasure had to come to Earth after our planet cooled and developed an atmosphere. Earth’s early microorganisms swam in it, dinosaurs drank it, your grandparents bathed your parents in it, your grandkids will play in it. All the same water.”

Clean water can change the world.

Water covers about 71% of the Earth, 95.6% of that is Ocean water. From there, 2.5% of all the water on the Planet is freshwater and is drinkable. Only 1% of all freshwater is easily accessible in rivers, lakes and streams, the rest is stuck in glaciers snowfields and filtered into our bedrock shelves. Out of around 7 Billion people in the World, only about 6 Billion of them have clean water. Furthermore, 663 Million people in the World lack access to clean water; that is 1 person without safe drinking water out of every 10 people who use it! If the World did nothing besides just providing access to clean water, without any other medical involvement, it is projected that we could save 2 Million lives each year. — dropinthebucket.org

Why is it that so many people eat “organic” and then drink water from plastic bottles bubbler tanks or expensive filters on a faucet? If you are purchasing water instead of drinking from the tap, how much are you spending a day, week, month or year? One person responded $75/month, another $75/week; that is $900 to $3,900/yr. Now on top of that, you have to recycle the containers and or potentially have contamination from it to the water. If you could install a Point Of Entry system to treat your whole house and a Point of Use at the Kitchen Faucet, why wouldn’t you want to protect the things you hold most dear?

We Take Water For Granted

There, we’ve said it — the elephant is out in the room.

Whether we are drinking it, bathing in it, washing our clothes in it, or feeding it to our pets, water is a part of our daily lives. How careful we are with it and how often we check that it is safe for us, is quite rare actually. We tend to assume it will always be there and that it is healthy.
If you live where your needs are met but you take it for granted, you surely notice when there is no water. If you live in a third world country, a war torn area, a poverty stricken and overpopulated area, suffered storm damage or environmentally damaged area — water and many necessities are at a premium with no easy answers or solutions in sight.

While our company’s intention is to get safe drinking and potable water into every home, school, public building or business, we are getting involved with humanitarian projects around the world trying to bring respite to those who cannot help themselves.