Our guest speaker was Tracy Allen, Ph. D. He is the department of Geography chair, associate professor of Geography and Environmental Sciences Program at SUNY Oneonta.
He spoke very enthusiastically and passionately about water, clean water in the world. It's about Quality and Quanity of the water in the world that matters to him. Tracy reported that water should be a basic human right in the world. In developing countries 2.2 million people die each year because of dangerous water. 16 jumbo jets crashing every day is equal to the number of people who die due to poor water. There are over 20 water related diseases known. 1 n 6 do NOT have access to clean water, 1/2 the hospital beds in the world are filled with people suffering from diseases due to poor water. More people in the world have a cell phone than a toilet. In developing countries they use 2.67 gallons of water a day and in the US we use an average of 100 to 175 gallons of water a day.
Solutions according to Tracy include: Education, Government Intervention, Community Based Aid, Small Community Projects one community at a time.
