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One Percent Fresh Water Available

BY Larry Wardell | 07-27-2009 | 1:52 PM
This blog is written by a member of our blogging community and expresses that member's views alone.
What's worse is that only 1% of what is available is fit for human consumption.

It's pretty disheartening to know that our planet's water supply is
only roughly 3% fresh, or useable. What's worse is that only 1% of what
is available is fit for human consumption.

While it may seem there is enough water in the world for everyone to
live and let live, this isn't actually the case. There is actually less
than 1% of the 3% of available water that is considered suitable to be
tapped for use. The rest is in a form that isn't useable or even
accessible, meaning the rest of the water is frozen or deep in the
recesses of the Earth and not able to be reached.

The 1% that is useable isn't necessarily useable for drinking or
bathing, as it is contaminated with a variety of living things we don't
see such as protozoa, bacteria looking for a human host and viruses.
None of these wave riders are safe and if the water isn't treated, the
consequences may be disastrous. Therein lies the conundrum, because
when it is treated, it is still toxic and not safe to use.

The only way to ensure that homes and businesses in America have
safe drinking water is to invest in a water distillation system. To say
that treating the water Americans drink is an essential necessity would
be a major understatement. To know that diseases such as typhoid and
cholera may still be contracted in some parts of America is an
eye-opening discovery. The water is not what it appears to be.

There are far too many reports in the media of towns discovering
their whole water supply is contaminated with something that makes most
of the residents ill. Something needs to be done, and if it isn't
accomplished on the wider scale, then people need to tend to their own
home water needs by investing in a water distillation system.

While America may be a leading industrialized nation, they have
water problems like third world countries. Be safe at home with the
most effective in-home water treatment system that provides the purest,
freshest water possible, a water distillation system. No other method of purification is as effective.

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