Water is the soul of life. Just imagine one day or even just one morning without water. Can you? Showers, brushing teeth, making coffee, filling a water bottle, watering plants, washing hands, flushing toilets, even the soda at lunch is processed with water - even the food we eat.
And maybe just imagine if the water was there, right outside your door in a stream or river, but it would make you sick, putting your health, life and family at jeopardy.
We are lucky, here in the Chattahoochee watershed and in the US, to have water to make life easier, more enjoyable and healthy. You would think there would be enough to go around - but there isn't. The Chattahoochee River alone is one resource whose demand is greater than its supply.
Here is a fact from chattahoochee.org, the website for the Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper:
The upper Chattahoochee River Basin supplies more than 70% of metro Atlanta's water for drinking and other needs--an annual average of about 450 million gallons per day.
That's a lot of water. Check out the graphic from Good.is about the supply of healthy water.
Clean water supply versus demand is a problem facing all nations and all people. The next time you drive along the river, turn on a faucet or get an ice cube out of the freezer, think about the river and how it supports us and the way we live. It offers us recreation, sanitation, enjoyment, power, clean water to drink and more. You Go Chattahoochee and Thanks for your hard work!!
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