Watermakers Illustration by Dwight Walhalla Watermakers By Capt.
Water is the most common molecular compound on the planet Earth.
It is absolutely essential for life and it is present in all living organisms. Water is the solvent that transports, breaks down and combines all of the other chemicals living things need to survive. It's either buried deep underground or frozen in icecaps and glaciers. For the most part, we live on what is left. That being the fresh water found in rivers, lakes and accessible aquifers.