Drinking Water Facts

1. The water in your toilet entered your house through the same pipe as the water in your kitchen sink.
2. Americans spend $10,980,000,000 annually on bottled water. (link)
3. The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) is a United States federal law passed by the U.S. Congress on December 16, 1974. It is the main federal law that ensures safe drinking water for Americans. (link)
4. Less than 1% of the earth’s water is fresh water, and only about one-third of this 1% is available for human use.
5. Over 1 billion people today do not have access to safe water. (link)
6. Every 8 seconds a child dies of a waterborne disease (5 million children a year). (link, link)
7. “More people die each year from unsafe water than from all forms of violence, including war.” One person in six lives without regular access to safe drinking water (UN Sec. Gen. Kofi Annan). (link)
8. There are existing technologies that can provide safe drinking water to health care facilities, orphanages and villages for less than $1000 US

The bottom line is that we in America have cleaner water in our toilets than most developing nations have to drink. Unfortunately, global warming is vogue' a global water shortage is not. We, as a nation, indulge in 25 billion litters of bottled water a year while people are left to survive drinking water laced with filth.