The continuing drought in Georgia, more than anything else, has focused people's attention on the importance andnecessity of water. Truly, the life blood of the planet, water is essential for life, industry and agriculture. Individuals, communities and commerce all are players in how water is used, conserved or wasted. Because water is essential to our personal survival, food production and varied industries, we all have a stake in this issue.
Communities depend on clean and sufficient water resources to grow and develop.
Consequently, because water is essential to everything we do in our daily lives, we all share in the responsibility and decision making into how it is used, conserved or wasted. Before water usage or water quality issues can be understood on a grander scale, each individual needs to understand how their daily life and the personal decisions that they make directly impacts water usage and quality. Some people think that the earth constantly gets new water but in reality, no new water is made. The water we have now is all the water we are ever going to have or have had in the past. It is the same finite source of water in a closed system, the earth, that is constantly recycled on our planet.