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Water is life.
After air, it's the most essential bodily requirement. All of our bodies' mechanisms--the digestive system, the urinary tract, the skin, the eyes--depend on water. The average human can survive only about three days without water.
More than 70 percent of the earth's surface area is covered by water. Depending on your age, gender, and health, between 50 and 60 percent of your body's weight is water.
Though most of us in developed countries don't think twice about watering our lawns or taking long showers, billions of people around our world don't have the luxury of being so careless with this essential resource.
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Aid agencies launch Niger appeal
6/21/2010 [BBC]
Two major aid agencies have launched $10m (£6.7m) appeals for drought-stricken Niger in West Africa.
Western Demand 'Hogging' Water
4/18/2010 [BBC]
The amount of water used to produce food and goods imported to developed countries is worsening water shortages in the developing world, a report says.
Thousands still without food, water in parts of quake-hit Chile
3/1/2010 [CNN]
Concepcion, Chile (CNN) -- A tale of two Chiles began to emerge late Monday, with life starting to return to normal in Santiago and northern parts of the country, while other areas struggled with lack of food and water and looters roaming the streets.
