The+History+of+Water

"Earth has been variously called the planet of water and the planet of life, the connection between the two attributes being by no means casual. Without water, there simply can be no life. Water flows in the veins and roots of all living organisms, as precious to them as the air they breathe and the food they eat. It is the lifeblood of their collective body. Water has been critical to the making of human history. It has shaped institutions, destroyed cities, set limits to expansion, brought feast and famine, carried goods to the market, washed away sickness, divided nations, inspired the worship and beseeching of gods, given philosophers a metaphor for existence, and disposed of garbage. To write history without putting any water in it is to leave out a large part of the story. Human experience has not been so dry as that." (Worster, Donald. //The Flow of Power in History//)

"More than one billion people do not have access to an adequate water supply. In Gambia and Haiti, people live on less than 4 litres of water per day. By contrast, most toilets in the West use several times that amount of water for a single flush. The global distribution of water is making it increasingly difficult for poor people to access it, and movements to commodify water and privatize the industries that provide it exacerbate this situation, trapping the poorest in a cycle of water poverty. Much research has been done on the problem of water scarcity. However, the link between scarcity and water as a human right is rarely articulated." (McAdam, Kevin C. //Frontiers: The interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad)//

