Fit to Drink?

I promise this will be the last of the fresh water blogs and I’ll make it short.

Some facts:

40 % US rivers are too polluted for fishing or swimming or aquatic life

46% of US lakes are too polluted for fishing, swimming or aquatic life

Every year approximately 1,200,000,000,000 gallons of untreated sewage, storm water and industrial waste are discharged into US waters.

Each year 250,000,000 people become sick from water related diseases worldwide

Each year about 5,000,000 to 10,000,000 people die of water borne diseases worldwide

Remember we are talking about water, a substance that no living thing can live without. Given that, we should be more careful how we manage it. Fresh water is not only in short supply, but we are making a large percentage of it unusable.

Doesn’t seem like a good idea.

If you would like more information try this link http://www.flowthefilm.com/ a really great documentary on the world of water.