+ IS WATER UNDERRATED? +

JUNO RAINCALL ASKS IF WE TAKE WATER FOR GRANTED AS SHE
INVESTIGATES H2O INDIFFERENCE AND ITS OPPOSITE EXTREME, THE WATER REVERENCE SOCIETY.

Water covers more than two-thirds of the planet’s surface. At least 70% of a human being is made of water and no human can survive for very long without it. Yet despite these well-known facts, indicating water’s importance, some people waste this valuable resource, seldom giving the vital fluid more than a passing thought (when they’re passing water). Unless it is to criticise its appearance in the form of rain. However, the same people, frequently, are less critical of its presence when concentrating gallons of it through hoses aimed at their dirty cars. Because it’s literally on tap, many of us simply take water for granted, even when we’re quite thirsty. On a negative level, when water rates increase, the authorities responsible are flooded with complaints from the angry public. Even our own bodily fluids, when excessively produced in the form of sweat and tears; get a generally bad press that gives water a bad name.
Now, according to the newly formed Water Reverence Society, the tide of public opinion is set to change. Their spokesperson, Ivor Drink, issued a statement claiming the WRS, after an initial dry patch, enjoys interest from waves of supporters across the UK. ‘There’s a growing awareness of the versatility of water,’ Ivor said. ‘If there was a drought, there would be no doubt that water is something we cannot be without.’
Not everyone is convinced by Ivor’s message and some sceptics find the WRS message hard to swallow.
‘They’d find it harder to swallow without water!’ Ivor retorts. ‘People need to think. I mean, how on earth could we dilute things without water? Water biscuits, too, would taste awfully dry.’
Ivor is hoping that despite their differences, WRS members and their detractors will eventually share more common ground when they no longer find they are ‘oceans apart.’
He feels both parties could benefit by pooling their resources and attempting to rediscover ‘our natural affinity’ with the wet substance.
‘It’s true that Handel composed “Water Music,” but is our appreciation of H2O long gone, along with this decomposed composer?’ he asks. ‘I certainly hope that’s not the case.’
What do you think? Who gives a dam?

Juno Raincall.