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On the 2nd of August, over 400,000 residents from the city of Toledo, and most of its suburbs, were consumed by fear when hearing news of their toxic water supply. Worried citizens were told not to drink, bathe, brush their teeth, or wash dishes with the contaminated water or a series of health complications may result. Panic ensued as store shelves were emptied and hours were spent awaiting the delivery of bottled water from across the state. As the crisis prolonged, Ohio’s governor declared a state of emergency and the National Guard was ordered in to provide assistance.

Meanwhile, everyday more than 780 million people from around the world, which is about one in nine, lack any access to clean water. For the vast majority of the nearly one billion people without safe drinking water, their water crisis is not an issue of scarcity, but of access. More than 3.4 million people die each year from water sanitation and hygiene-related causes. In most developed nations, we take our access to safe water for granted.

The messily few days of clean water struggle that Toledo and its surrounding town patrons underwent is quite insignificant compared to the lifetime conflict endured by the world’s less fortunate. This fact is easily forgotten, but with our recent ill-fated event we have been dealt a taste of their daily turmoil.

Now that we have the knowledge, we need to show our significance by providing citizens of the world with the possibility of clean water.

Visit www.ToledoAquapocalypse.com for more information on our cause.

66 supporters
Melissa Mease — $10.00
I purchased a Toledo Aquapocalypse shirt and the profits were donated to water.org!
Elizabeth Pitney — $10.00
I purchased a Toledo Aquapocalypse shirt and the profits were donated to water.org!
Cori Stacy-Brown — $25.00
No one should go hungry or thirsty in this world! Thanks for raising awareness. Keep paying it forward everyone.
Alexandra Lahey — $10.00

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