There are now 200,000 wells pumping water from the Ogallala, and its water table has dropped 10 to 15 feet over an area of 60,000 square miles. Some are already feeling the onset of this imminent crisis. Some experts estimate that the Ogallala will run dry in 40 years. For one thing, water molecules adhere to one another and other substances in a marvelous way. Water can climb up surfaces against the law of gravity.
Water has an amazing ability to absorb and retain heat.
Water is essesntial to life, as a solvent, because it carries nutrients through the skin, the lymph and the blood to all tissues of the human body. Water can also be deadly, as the carrier of toxic chemicals, parasites, and bacteria. Maybe you need to drink more water, suggests Asiaweek Magazine. The magazine reports that teachers and parents of some Hong Kong schoolchildren were recently advised that drinking plenty of water helps students combat listlessness. Children should drink 8 to 15 glasses of water a day, parents were told.