Water is needed to maintain the life of every living cell.
Since human beings cannot exist for more than about three days without it, they have sought reliable sources of water since the beginning of civilization. If they were gluttons for punishment, some Central New Jersey residents could have gone to the banks of the Raritan River last year and watched their money flow into the sea. When water officials in Central Jersey pray for rain, they pray it will rain in the Pocono and Catskill mountains.