Shanxi miner is allowed only one bucket of water weekly to wash himself. Over a half of China's 700 cities have imposed water rationing. Over 20 million Chinese have no running water. Many other cities worldwide are caught in similar dilemma. All rivers on all continents are polluted to some degree.
Industrial waste is the main culprit.
Uncontrolled disposal of all kinds of harmful chemicals have made rivers barren and poisoned. This is not a winning script. We are facing the threat to our future as we have never faced before. Termination of our existence could be swift and irretrievable. We resemble an elephant eating his own trunk.