piped water
maybe you have to experience not having it to appreciate piped water, not everyone does. globally, something like one person in seven (14%) lives without piped water. that means you have to go get water you need, or send someone for it, or pay someone to bring it to you. then you or someone you trust must prepare the water so it is safe to drink, to wash in, or even to wash your clothes with. yes, it's fascinating for a little kid, but it's what one has to do for some group of grownups. and somehow you have to store the prepared water, and keep the stored water and its container clean. in some places in the world, a lot of work goes into what the men think is just providing water. in this country, the United States of America, we are all men. that is, nearly all of us do nothing to have drinkable water except open a valve and let it run. (even in our mighty country that's not universally true, but the percentage of us who have to fetch and prepare water is very small. we do have places where Republicans have saved money by poisoning the water supply. Flint, Michigan is the most egregious of such places. but that is another story.) I bless civil engineers for making this miracle true for most of us, and I very much appreciate piped water.
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