It is generally thought that for immediate personal needs each person on the planet needs at least 5 gallons of clean water per day. Not surprisingly, that’s not how it works out. Many poor people in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, survive on just over one gallon of water per day -- most of it contaminated - while those of us in the United States, and much of Europe, send 13 gallons down the drain daily flushing toilets. Imagine, then, you turned on the tap… and nothing came out. It really is unthinkable isn’t it? We take it as a given that when we turn on a faucet clean drinkable water will come out, as much as you like. Will your children think that way? Maybe. Maybe not. Will your grandchildren? Definitely not. Can this be true? Water stress is defined as a nation providing for all purposes each individual access to less than 449,140 gallons (1,700 cubic meters) per year. Water scarcity is less than 264,200 gallons (1,000 cubic meters) per person per year.1 It takes a lot of water to be an even marginally […]