We're Drinking the Same Water as Cleopatra. Is It as Clean? Did
you get a drink or throw in a load of laundry before starting to
read this blog, written in honor of Blog Action Day? You
probably could have, given the easy access most of us have to
clean water. One person of every three on the planet today isn't
nearly so fortunate, according to the International Water
Management Institute, given their lack of reliable access to
fresh water. Even here in the U.S., the federal Government
Accountability Office reported in 2003 that "water managers in
thirty-six states anticipate water shortages locally,
regionally, or statewide within the next ten years." The rest of
the world looks equally thirsty. By 2025, worries the Water
Management Institute, all of Africa and the Middle East, and
almost all of South and Central America and Asia, will either be
running out of water or unable to afford its cost. Dirty Water
Kills Kids They'll also be contending with its safety. "Every
day more children die from dirty water t