Water Supply

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The referenced photo (http://www.city-data.com/picfilesc/picc31426.php) reminds us of how precious water is. When I was in grade school, I remember one of the teachers saying that the next war fought would be for water. It seemed such a ridiculous notion. Water was everywhere.

"Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink," the Rime of the Ancient Mariner (http://etext.virginia.edu/stc/Coleridge/poems/Rime_Ancient_Mariner.html). That was hard for us to understand, too. But in a way, it is talking about the same kind of thing that lets salt, or for that matter, sugar, be a preservative. The bacteria that potentially could multiply and destroy the pickles or jam, for example, are surrounded by an aqueous solution. Yet, for them, there is no water. Even the water inside the bacteria is drained out by the forces of osmosis.

Then, think about ivory soap: 99 and 44/100th % pure. Another teacher told u, "Sewer is 99 and 44/100th % pure."

Whatever, the resource, we must learn to get along. We must learn to take care of the resources. We must learn to get along. War always destroys resources.