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Most of us don't think about the need for clean water; however 18 people die every hour from lack of safe drinking water. There is major inequality when it comes to access of decent water. If you have money, you have safe water. Impoverished people are not as lucky. It should also be pointed out that the privatization of water systems make it even more difficult for most people to have clean water.

Is access to clean drinking water a right, or a privilege for those who can pay their bills? Two UN experts visit Detroit, Michigan to assess the charges that water cut-offs violate the human right to water and sanitation.

I am from Michigan, and I completely agree with this. It is ridiculous that access to clean water is being exposed as a privilege? Access to clean water is a right.

An organization based out of Australia that helps poor countries to provide clean drinking water. Underlies the importance to global health thru clean water.

What a great organization! Water sanitiation is something that we take for granted here in America, it's easy to not think about the other countries that have clean water.

this website discusses several issues but this link actually takes you to the issue of unsanitary water. This caught my attention due to the fact that so many countries do not have this luxury that we do. Clean water is commonly overlooked in our society.

This article describes the issues of water crisis in Flint, Michigan. However, it also states that 41 states have higher levels of lead in their water than is acceptable. This is a very dangerous and serious public health concern.

It is sad to think that the water we use for our daily necessities can be poisoned. Greedy companies are too concerned with money, they overlook our health. The article states that the longer this goes on, the more money we have to spend, so shouldn't that be an eye opener?

It is so sad that humans have to fight for clean water. Also it is horrible to think of all he children this happens to on a daily basis.

This site talks about how everyone should be given safe drinkable water. Water is essential to human life and should be given access to anyone poor or not.

Clean water is crucial for human health and it is unfortunate parts of the world does not have access to clean water. Many pesticides live in ground water and in some countries this is the water they must use to wash clothes and do other important tasks with.

For some Native American communities facing water problems, hope ... Many homes on rural Native American reservations and in Alaskan Native villages lack access to clean water or sanitation, and the 65-year-old Norton lives in one .... of the Native American Rights Fund, a nonprofit that provides legal representation