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It is the fountain of life on this planet.

Nearly three-quarters of the earth's surface is covered with water. It is everywhere - a web of water, above and under the ground, encircles the earth. It is in oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, fields and glistening on rooftops and filling water tanks after rain. It is rain, hail, ice, snow, sleet, dew, vapour, humidity, steam.Water has carved out valleys and shaped and chiselled the face of the earth.

We drink water, we wash with water, we hose the plants, we flush the toot and we take water for granted. The old saying is true. You never miss the water till the well runs dry.

We spend the first nine months of our lives floating in three quarts of blood plasma. This is a saline liquid, like our blood, sweat and tears - a memory of our watery origins so long ago.

Our body is a sac of 65 per cent water. Water makes up 75 per cent of the brain and 22 per cent of our bones. The blood which flows through 60,000 of our arteries and veins is 82 per cent water.

In it's pure form, water is a liquid without colour, taste or smell.It is a compound of two atoms of hydrogen joined to one atom of oxygen. Water is 810 times denser than air.

Good old H2O! Water is the source of our existence as a self-sufficient farmer, as a country dweller or as an inmate of a high-rise apartment.

Guard it well!

Ecobites.com will cover aspects of water - various methods of water supply, water power, water history, mythology. And information on water tanks, grey water systems, water saving products, appliances and more!

We will continue with further articles on this all important and diverse topic.

If we think water, act water, to reduce water wastage, we will not only save money, but help reduce our impact on the environment.

So keep up the good work and continue to stop the drop — always. So the well doesn't run dry!