Drinking Water is Precious

Here are some facts on why:

Only 1% of the total water resources on earth are available for human use. While 70% of the world's surface is covered by water, 97.5% of that is salt water. Of the remaining 2.5% that is freshwater, almost 68.7% is frozen in ice caps and glaciers.

More than 1 in 6 people in the world remain without access to safe drinking water.
Over one-third of the world's population has no access to sanitation facilities.
In developing countries, about 80% of illnesses are linked to poor water and sanitation conditions.
1 out of every 4 deaths under the age of 5 worldwide is due to a water-related disease.

In the next 24 hours, diarrhea caused by unclean water and poor sanitation will claim the lives of 4,000 children" - OXFAM

We borrowed this from the Canadian Baptist Ministries website, you can read more there.