Invaluable: Waters Clean Enough to Drink

March 22, 2021 / by News Editor / drinking water, Environment, Environmental News Service, facilities water management, Fresh Water, freshwater, irrigation, Journalism, Latest News, Oceans, RSS, SSC Services for Education, United Nations, Volkan Bozkir, Water, water conservation, World Water Day

Published by the Environmental News Service NEW YORK, New York, March 22, 2021 (ENS) – Clean drinkable water is rare and precious. Of the waters that cover 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, roughly 97 percent is the salt water of the oceans; just three percent is freshwater. Of that, only 1.2 percent can be […]

Five Ways Our Ocean Contributes to Freshwater Access, Or Lack Thereof

March 22, 2019 / by Megan Bennett / Climate, Conservation, Fresh Water, Lands, North America, Ocean Conservancy, Oceans, Uncategorized, Water access, water cycle, World Water Day

Published by Ocean Conservancy Access to clean water was one of the primary reasons why I became an environmentalist. During my senior year of high school, I learned about inequitable access to safe drinking water. Still, it was not until learning of the water crisis in Flint a few years ago that access to safe water […]

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