Life Without Water Essay

Water is in everything that we do. As you wake up in the morning one of the first things that you do is brush your teeth, another may be showering, or washing clothes that you plan on wearing that day. All of those daily activities are dependent on water. We as humans are completely and solely dependent on water as well. A human can survive only a very limited amount of time without water before our bodies begin to shut down. When it comes to surviving it is human nature to take care of ourselves and our loved ones before we take care of anyone else. People will go to extremes to take care of the people that they love. A person that is fighting for their survival is going to take the easiest route to get what they need to say alive, even if …show more content…
What if you had no more bottles of water in the pantry? What if when you flipped on the sink faucet the water came out in a brown mud form, how would you get clean water then? You know that you can’t drink the brown mud that came out of the faucet, but you also have heard that all the grocery stores, super markets, gas stations, and convenient stores are boarded up and are closed. Your main goal is surviving and you know that you have three other people depending on you to survive. The only option that most people in this position will have to turn to would be drinking water that has not been purified. You can get unpurified water from many places such as; river, lakes, ponds, sewers, buckets filled with rain water, and many other places. The effects of drinking unpurified water can be devastating. Drinking water that has not been purified can lead to viruses, diseases that cannot be treated, and even could lead to death in extreme situations. When there is no water clean enough to drink, people will have to resort to the second option, even with the substantial risk that comes along with it, if they want any chance of survival at