Why should we catch rain?
The current source of water is scarce and there will be a 40% increase in water use by 2020.
Where will the water come from?
Wonderwater believes the answer is falling from the sky.
Water covers 70% of the planet. Approximately 97% is saltwater and another 2% is held in ice caps and glaciers. This leaves only 1% of the world's water for all 6 billion inhabitants, and half of that, we shockingly have polluted. The World Water Council believes that total protection of the global population is only possible if we find an alternative source to ground and surface water. No substance is more crucial to survival than water and yet an alarming social indifference prevails regarding its depletion.
All of our water is regenerated by rain and snowfall. The growth of population,
major cities and chemical pollution threatens its quality daily and depletes
this precious resource. 
The North American Ogallala Basin, which extends more
than 810 miles from Texas to South Dakota, is being depleted 7 times faster than
it can be replenished by rain.
A recent U.S. federal report shows that in 36
states, water managers are anticipating a shortage in the next 10 years regardless
of annual rainfall.
We need to start catching rain now before our resources are
no longer readily available to us. |
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