We have built dams, passed laws, launched river-cleaning missions and still our rivers die, our lakes shrink and our groundwater disappears. Perhaps we have been solving the wrong problem. Water is not just a resource running out. It is a mirror, and what it reflects about us as human beings is deeply unsettling. We all know the importance of water, air and sunlight in our lives. Can we ever imagine a world sustaining life without water? The thought itself is so daunting. Of all the 5 elements of nature, water is the most primary, which impacts human life at many levels and it’s provided to us in abundance by Mother Nature.

It is synonymous with life for when scientists search for traces of life in other planets, they first look for signs of water. The Earth can sustain so many life-forms because 70 per cent of the Earth’s surface is covered with water, which is consumed directly or indirectly through the food chain and various life-supporting activities.  One of its most vital........

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