{"id":4981,"date":"2014-03-20T09:37:16","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T16:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/?p=4981"},"modified":"2014-03-20T09:37:16","modified_gmt":"2014-03-20T16:37:16","slug":"thinking-water-world-water-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/2014\/03\/thinking-water-world-water-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking about Water for World Water Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>note<\/strong> despite a charity being mentioned here, i&#8217;m not picking nor panning it, but their commercial did get me thinking.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>i saw a commercial today while flipping through the channels at the airbnb in Dublin (unrelated side note: i&#8217;m pleasantly amazed at how many Irish-language programs there are):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fujgx5sN23I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>easy water availability is something i take for granted and never think about. well, almost never: <a href=\"http:\/\/sfgate.com\/drought\">California is going through a drought<\/a> and we&#8217;ve been told to reduce our usage by 20%. despite its limited supply, though, turning a faucet on and having drinkable water come out is something most of us do without a second thought, even in countries we visit where a large portion of the population has no such thing available to them.<\/p>\n<p>but watching this ad really disturbed me, especially that part where a cow(?) urinates in the same water people in the following scenes take a sip out of.<\/p>\n<p>some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wateraid.org\/us\/~\/media\/Files\/USA\/WaterAidBloggersToolkit.pdf\">water facts from the people that made the commercial<\/a>\u00a0[pdf]:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>more than 1 in 10 people do not have access to safe drinking water (768 million vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/popclock\/\">7.154 billion world population<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>1 in 3 people do not have access to a private toilet<\/li>\n<li>2,000 children <i>a day<\/i> die from water-related illnesses<\/li>\n<li>in developing countries, women who are responsible for getting water walk on average 4 miles <i>a day<\/i>, with the average water load being 40 lbs that they have to carry back.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>what got my gears turning more was it&#8217;s not solely a matter of hygiene, sanitation, and safety (although those are important). the time and energy spent just\u00a0<em>getting water<\/em>\u00a0could be better used for education and being otherwise more productive.<\/p>\n<p>so yes, what you do with this information is up to you, but i felt compelled to share these statistics which shed light on something i never would otherwise have thought about.<\/p>\n<p>p.s. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unwater.org\/worldwaterday\">UN World Water Day is March 22!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>p.p.s my favorite water-related picture is this waterman refilling his pouch from a public water source\/bathroom in Fes, Morocco:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Fes - 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