The amount of drinkable water on Earth is limited, and yet we are destroying it. 80 percent of waste water is left untreated and dumped into the existing water supply, and every single state in the US has contaminated water sources, even some with arsenic. As the global population rises in the future, so will the demand for safe drinking water. You can help protect our global water supply by reducing your consumption of plastic, disposing of oil and chemical cleaners somewhere other than the drain, and supporting the Clean Water Rule, a regulation that protects drinking water in the United States.

Key Takeaways:

• Water is one of the most important things to life that is why the poet Auden once commented that not one person can live without it.
• Humans have been trashing water for a long time and it is estimated that about 80 percent of human waste is dumped into water.
• When there is unsafe water, it jeopardizes our health and it is estimated that unsafe water kills more people each year than war does.

“Big spills may dominate headlines, but consumers account for the vast majority of oil pollution in our seas, including oil and gasoline that drips from millions of cars and trucks every day. Moreover, nearly half of the estimated 1 million tons of oil that makes its way into marine environments each year comes not from tanker spills but from land-based sources such as factories, farms, and cities.”

Read more: https://www.nrdc.org/stories/water-pollution-everything-you-need-know