Clean Water is Critical because Dirty Water can Kill
Each one of us has the right to water – clean, safe, and life-giving water. But, billions of people around the world have no access to safe drinking water. 1,000s of children under age 5 die every day from diarrhea. Caused by contaminated water, poor sanitation, and improper hygiene. Polluted water isn’t dirty—it’s deadly. Some 1.8 million people die every year of diarrheal diseases like cholera. Tens of millions of others are being sickened by a host of water-related ailments. Many of which are preventable.
Water is a fundamental human need. Each person on Earth requires at least 20 to 50 liters of clean, safe water a day. They used it for drinking, cooking, and keeping themselves clean.
Benefits of drinking clean, safe water.
Drinking clean, safe water can help maintain the balance of essential fluids. In turn, this can aid things like digestion and the absorption of food and nutrient. It’s essential in maintaining your body temperature and keeping your body in good health.
Water can also help energize muscles. Muscles need water, and if lacking they can start to break down leading to pain and suffering.
Water is essential for your kidney functions. It also helps keep your hair, skin, and nails healthy.
There are so many benefits of water in everyday life that it is often overlooked in the West where it’s sometimes taken for granted.
Why Clean water is so Important
There are some not so obvious reasons that make this the case. Humans rely on water, it is a part of our eating too. We all need water for us to stay alive.
Reasons Why Everyone Deserves Clean Drinking Water
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Provides Nourishment
Water is life. Water is the number one source of nutrition. The human body is 70% water, and this is a clear enough sign of the importance of water. Humans need to be hydrated for their physiological systems to function. It helps maintain organ health. It allows the blood to maintain the consistency it requires to flow. And transport oxygen and nutrients to every cell of the body.
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The Prevention of Diseases
Did you know that if people are unable to drink safe and clean water, it gives rise to various kinds of diseases? All occur because of the consumption of contaminated water. Imagine the risks that people go through when the only thing they can drink is water that is not clean. Clean water is essential not only to remain safe from disease but also for maintaining good health.
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Helps in Getting Rid of Toxins
Clean, fresh and safe water also helps in getting the body rid of all kinds of toxins. Either created due to reactions, obtained from outside sources. And sometimes ones that occur because of the consumption of contaminated water.
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Needed for Agriculture and Food Production
When it comes to the production of food, clean water is an essential ingredient. Water that is used for agriculture must also come from safe and clean resources.
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Improved Sanitation Facilities
Clean water is not only needed for drinking but for sanitation purposes as well. If clothes or the body are being washed with contaminated water, this too will result in the rise of diseases. The same is the case for cooking, cleaning and other tasks that are an integral part of our lives. Clean water is necessary for good health.
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It Keeps Us Hydrated and Full
We need it for food production. Not only people but animals too need clean water to grow healthy and strong. -
Basically, Water is Essential—For Everything
It may sound cliche, but water really needed for everything. It keeps our lawns green. It also allows us to make our favorite coffee or tea. And it helps provide the most basic things we take for granted. Water is needed everywhere.
We need to protect our water resource
It is also a resource that we need to protect. There are a variety of reasons why keeping our waters clean and drinkable should be a priority for every one of us. Not only do we as humans rely on clean water to live full, happy lives, but so does the rest of our ecosystem. Water is an amazing all-purpose element that is the foundation of our everyday life. From cooking to cleaning, and a variety of other things, but most importantly survival; water is a fundamental human.
Think about it – the food we eat needs water. Fish, cattle, sheep, pigs you name it, even our pets must have clean water. In the Philippines, water is essential for the number one food source; rice. Without this many Asian countries would basically starve.
Unfortunately, for millions of people around the world, this is more than just a figment of an unfair imagination, this is an everyday reality.
Here at Aussie Aqua, we are working daily to provide fresh and clean water for everyone!
