"Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting over."

                                                                                  Mark Twain

There is a war on our greatest resource and most people don't even know it is happening. It is a war for water. Estimates state  1.1 billion people are without adequate drinking water. Recent wars  such as the Rwandan Genocide or the war in Sudanese Darfur, have been linked back to water conflicts. Water’s viability as a commercial resource, which includes fishing, agriculture, manufacturing, recreation and tourism, among other possibilities is dwindling a a rapid pace.

By 2025, 1800 million people will be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity, and two-thirds of the world population could be under stress conditions. "Water withdrawals are predicted to increase by 50 percent by 2025 in developing countries, and 18 per cent in developed countries. Water use has been growing at more than the rate twice of population increase in the last century.

By 2015 nearly half the world's population -- more than 3 billion people -- will live in countries that are 'water-stressed' -- have less than 1,700 cubic meters of water per capita per year, mostly in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and northern China predicted a CIA report from 2000.