23rd Episode of GreenNews4U

As I've stated in my other podcast and you will most likely here me say this again and again. Water is a precious resource that we, we meaning those of us that are fortunate to have running water, take for granted. I'm just going to go through a list of some facts:

1. 884 million people lack access to safe water supplies; approximately one in eight people.
2. 3.575 million people die each year from water-related disease.
3. The water and sanitation crisis claims more lives through disease than any war claims through guns.
4. An American taking a five-minute shower uses more water than a typical person in a developing country slum uses in a whole day.
5. Only 62% of the world's population has access to improved sanitation – defined as a sanitation facility that ensures hygienic separation of human excreta from human contact.
6. Lack of sanitation is the world's biggest cause of infection.
7. 2.5 billion People lack access to improved sanitation, including 1.2 billion people who have no facilities at all.
8. Diarrhea remains in the second leading cause of death among children under five globally. Nearly one in five child deaths – about 1.5 million each year – is due to diarrhea. It kills more young children than AIDS, malaria and measles combined.
9. Every 20 seconds, a child dies from a water-related disease.

Less than 1% of the world's fresh water (or about 0.007% of all water on earth) is readily accessible for direct human use. No one is immune to this problem and it cannot be swept under the rug. Now I can go on and on with facts but let's start looking at solutions to address these issues. Let's face it, the old way of water treatment is outdated and we need to look at new ways to treat water. To talk about this I have Melissa from Organica Sustainable Water. The company is Engineering fresh solutions for fresh water. To find out more information on Organica Sustainable Water go here

Melvin Wylie