Today is World Water Day

Remember everyone, as we posted last week – today is World Water Day (more info here and here). And if that’s not enough, it’s an opportunity for you to stand in the World’s Longest Toilet Queue.

Now we talk about a lot of silly stuff here at the ICBE, but affordable, reliable access to clean water is a really serious matter, and a really serious problem for over a billion people.

I have had the privilege of living in both Canada and the USA where this has never been a problem. If I need clean water, I just turn on a tap for a limitless supply. We waste billions of gallons on such trivial tasks as watering lawns. If a homeless person needs a drink, in all of the cities I’ve ever lived all they had to do was walk to one of the numerous public water fountains.

If you’re reading this, you’ve got internet access, and chances are you’ve got plenty of clean water too. If you do nothing else to recognize World Water Day, at least take a minute to sit back and think about how lucky you are.