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A Glass of Water

Clean water, before the appeal

A journal on water crisis, scarcity, wells, rainwater, and waterborne disease. Read the mechanism before you decide what a gift well is asking.

A round brick well curb holding dark water, with a pipe across the rim.
Brick well curb and stored water.
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Water crisis

What a water crisis is, and what a headline does not prove about a household tap.

Scarcity

Physical shortage and economic shortage, and what each one feels like at home.

Wells

What a gift well appeal is asking, and what to check before giving.

Rainwater

Catchment, first-flush, and storage. What a household system does and does not do.

Waterborne disease

How contaminated water makes people sick, and the household steps that reduce that risk.

Latest note

How contaminated water makes people sick

Waterborne disease is illness that follows contaminated water into a body. The water carries germs or chemicals from waste, a dirty container, a flood, or a source that was never safe. The illness is the result of that exposure. The water is the path.

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