Water

Access to safe, sufficient water and sanitation are  recognized as basic human rights.  It is estimated that 1.1 billion people do not have access to clean drinking water, and approximately 2.4 billion people do not have access to sanitation. It is predicted that by the year 2025, two-thirds of the world’s population will lack adequate supplies of fresh drinking water.

Water-rich countries enjoy taking daily showers, water the lawn or laze about in the pool, it's easy to forget that fresh water is a life-or-death issue in many parts of the world.

Bottled Water

Bottled water creates mountains of garbage and causes other major environmental problems. 

The bottled water industry has created a misconception in the United States that bottled water is cleaner, safer, and healthier than tap water. In fact, both regulation and enforcement of bottled water safety is weaker than of tap water safety.

http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/bottled/ 

Resources: 

World Water Day 2010: http://www.unwater.org/flashindex.html 

Food and Water Watch: http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/ 

What is your water footprint?  http://www.h2oconserve.com/home.php?pd=index  

Where does my water come from?:  http://www.water-ed.org/watersources/default.asp

Films to watch: 

A World without Water:   http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3930199780455728313&safe=active# 

FLOW  http://www.flowthefilm.com/trailer

Blue Gold  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikb4WG8UJRw

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