by Kriss Perras Running Waters | Last week was National Drinking Water Week. Say what? Come on, you know you were thinking it. There's a National Drinking Water Week? Even if you didn't know that, understanding there is a human influence on water, a precious resource for human survival, is pretty common. Pollution and its negative effects begs the question of how would, or even more pertinently, is it possible for the human race to survive without clean water?
"Water is the body's principal chemical component and makes up about 60-percent of a person's body weight," says the Mayo Clinic. "Every system in the body depends on water. Water flushes toxins out of vital organs, carries nutrients to cells and provides a moist environment for ear, nose and throat tissues."
Nearly 97-percent of the world’s water is salty or otherwise undrinkable, according to facts from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), another two-percent is locked in ice caps and glaciers. That leaves just one-percent for all of humanity’s needs — all its agricultural, residential, manufacturing, community, and personal needs, cites the EPA. Read More