Why the Earth may be running out of clean water

"Running out of CLEAN water" is the entire phrase, and that is possible considering the state of it regarding pollution/privitization. And no one has given us here. A question was posed, is all.

No, No, No. Earth's water is like DISHWATER being used over, & over, & over again. First it kills the plants, then the seafood industry, then the land til it finally crawls over to us and eats your butt alive. Or, dead. Whatever, you're one dead sucker (not the fish).

Sandra Bullock called it Murder-Death-Kill I think you're dead.

Now finish your pastrami so I can wash the dishes.

Yes it is. The source from which all other life flows.

Indeed.

Agreed, but wouldn't it be a boon to those isolated, drought-stricken areas, populated by the poorest of the poor to be able to purify seawater to the point of potability and (gross, I know) but to recycle urine to that point as well?

Not every area has access to this and many areas will be beyond help at this point, which is the point. I also support the planting of Moringa Olefiera trees to purify water in these areas because they also provide food and medicine as well as shelter and do not harm the oceans or other ecosystems. And if you are also aware, our oceans are not exactly healthy either (acidity, garbage/plastic, pollution, oil spills, overfishing, eutrophication) and marinelife suffers with desalination (returning of brackish residue) which should only be a last ditch effort after all other measures have been tried because face it, once you go that route you don't feel the need to try anything else and other ecosystems will suffer as well as our shorelines.
We also need to look at the entire picture and realize that the only way this will be solved is by us being more cognizant of the role we play in making it this way and having the will to stop doing it. It is a viscious cycle brought on by human arrogance. Through the continued increase in CO2 in our atmosphere from burning fossil fuels, deforestation, etc., we have now oversaturated the hydrologic cycle and it is causing damage to our planet and the water is not falling where it is needed. And still people deny this. We always look at a problem by stepping outside of it as if we have nothing to do with why it happens. This is our problem. When we finally decide if ever to step into the problem and look at the entire picture, we will realize our own culpability in this and work to remedy that. In some areas of the world like the Middle East which is already arid, I can see this. But where there is still hope to avoid it, it takes our will and our respect for water and the planet to try all other avenues first.

But thanks for your response. This is a very important global crisis. I wish more people really cared about this. They will have no choice soon enough at this rate.

All excellent ideas, JanforGore. My point is that these portable devices can help to mitigate the attempts by the monied interests to control the worlds water supply (which is their goal).

Perhaps. Declaring water a global human right would go a long way in that as well.

Were OK the Bush family bought 200,000 acres in South America over a huge water aquifer. They will get richer.