by Ronnie Dauber

Created on: March 17, 2010   Last Updated: March 27, 2010

The lack of clean drinking water and efficient sanitation systems in some communities of the western world has become an emergent crisis because it is spreading disease and claiming about 4,500 lives a day. According to the Worldwide Water Foundation, (WWF) while each one of us sits at our lunch table today and innocently leaves a half glass of water to be tossed out, over 14,000 people will die from drinking contaminated water.

The time has passed for political discussions on access to safe water and sanitations. This issue has now become a global concern and we need to stop talking about it and start doing something about it now.

There are organizations who work within the communities, such as the ARC, on an emergency basis to help drill water wells so the people can have clean drinking water. This is the beginning for getting clean water to the people, but it does nothing to prevent the ongoing contamination problem that stems from a lack of sanitation systems.

Rivers like the Amazon are being used by thousands of people as sewers and the contamination is killing all the natural inhabitants of the water. And what adds to the crisis is that this water is eventually ending up in the ocean and over a period of time, the contamination will begin to spread inside these as well. Eventually, diverse diseases are going to plague the entire earth because of these polluted waters.

Edral Adams, CEO of WWF, stated that in the villages along the Amazon River in Brazil, “there are no old people in the villages because their life is being cut short”.

We need to stop pretending we care and start putting our words to action. If this situation isn’t rectified now, the devastation will continue to spread beyond the present geographical death toll rate and will become a rising statistic globally and in the very near future.

Civilized countries are financially supporting many of the efforts to help provide access to safe water and sanitation, but their efforts are futile because the demand and urgency supersedes the ability to supply. This effort cannot be solely the government’s responsibility. Every person on planet earth should accept this as a global undertaking to ensure that all people have the same access to clean-living.

Global Commitment

The governments of the civilized world need to negotiate a trust bond between them and the governments of the needy countries. It’s essential that both governments are fully enlightened

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