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It describes global sources and transport methods, from camels and cisterns to irrigation, wells, and modern city systems that control germs and waste. It concludes with practical life-saving guidance: boil or solar-treat water, protect storage from contamination, and reduce disease by managing trees, fuel, trash, and sanitation.","Literacy International: Water and Life  \nCopyright © 2018 Literacy International [info@LiteracyInternational.net](info@LiteracyInternational.net)  \nEnglish Spiritual  \nLiteracy International: Water and Life  \nCopyright © 2018 Literacy International [info@LiteracyInternational.net](info@LiteracyInternational.net)  \nEnglish  \nCopyright © 2018, Literacy International  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)  \nYou are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work, but you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nA boy lived in a desert in America. One morning he wanted to see some new things. He got up, put on his clothes and ate. He took a little water and left. He didn't tell anyone what he was thinking. He wanted to visit some relatives 50 miles away.  \nHe was in a wild and dangerous desert. The sun got hot but he kept walking. Three or four hours later he was dead. He had not carried enough water.  \nThat American boy was foolish. Humans must drink enough water. They need more when the weather is hot. Bodies can dry out and die.  \nWater is part of life. We drink water. We cook our food with it. We wash our bodies with it. We use it to wash clothes. It can help us put out fires. It helps to cool us when we are hot. It often can stop disease.  \nSome people live by a river or ocean. They catch fish and sea animals. They sell them and earn their money to live.  \nLarge ships can carry huge loads from one place to another. They go for business. Smaller ships carry people. They go for pleasure.  \nWe cannot live without water.  \nAbout a billion people on earth cannot find good water easily. What do they do?  \nTravel on camels. Camels can travel a long time without needing more water. Arabsand Berbers have traveled thousands of miles in the Sahara desert. Without camels, no one could go very far in the wind and heat.  \nCut cactuses open. Some cactuses have water inside. Wise people have learned which ones!  \nStore rain water in clay tanks underground. They are called cisterns (Jeremiah 2:15 and  \nIsaiah 36:16) . The ancient Israelites built cisterns.  \nDig ditches. For thousands of years, people have made ditches. The ditches carry clean water from high mountains into dry fields or homes. The ditches send water just where it is needed. We call this irrigation.  \nDig wells. Water can come up from the ground into the well and save lives.  \nDrink water from modern cities. It is almost always  \ngood. Men have learned to put things in the water to kill the germs. Germs are tiny plants or animals that cause sickness. Pipes take body wastes away from homes and buildings. Then they cannot get in the water and make people sick.  \nIn modern cities, governments control waste water. They may pump it high into the air. Wind and sunlight help to clean it then. They may make it go through very fine filters. They put chlorine or other chemicals to kill germs. Then we can all drink this water if we use a clean glass or cup. We should also eat with clean dishes, knives, forks or chopsticks. We can clean them with soap or with sand.  \nWhat more do we do?  \nWealthy people and governments use strong pumps to take water out of the ground. The pumps force the water into tanks for storage.  \nIt stays there for a time. Then it runs down through pipes. It goes wherever people need it.  \nNational governments make huge dams. They block rivers with dirt or concrete. The water goes where people need it.  \nSome water makes electricity. It has great power. People all around the world use electricity.  \nHere are some ideas that can help people to save lives.  \nBoil all water for 10 minutes before you drink it. If you can't boil the water, find a clear glass or plastic bottle. Fill the bottle with your best water. Let it stay in the sun for three or four hours. 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