By Stephanie Zavala
Water is life. It’s a catchy slogan, so simple in its truth that we often miss the forest for the trees. Water is, quite literally, life.
Yet modern-day water treatment, distribution infrastructure, and operational systems have made the gift of water so readily available, the public has forgotten how precious those drops are that readily flow from their faucets. The waste we produce disappears down a drain or a toilet, and we wash our hands of the rest of its journey.
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Such a large part of communicating the value of water comes from widening the view to the watershed level. If people begin to understand their place in their watersheds, and begin to get to know their watershed neighbors (ie – all the living organisms in the watershed), they will be more prone to develop an appropriate relationship with water. Water is life is not only for homo sapiens but for all the living organisms in the watershed ecosystem which we also need in order to sustain life.