The Future of Water
Water has presented itself as one of the most important socio-political issues of our time. According to the United Nations, one in five people do not have access to safe drinking water, amounting to over 1.2 billion people worldwide. The World Health Organization and UNICEF report that 5.2 million people die each year from waterborne disease, most of whom are children. In fact, the death toll from water-related illness is twice that from AIDS. At any given time, approximately half of the people in the developing world are suffering from a water-related sickness. Most of these waterborne illnesses are preventable…