Water, Source of Human Life

Water is the second element in the human body after oxygen is needed. Can you imagine if in the human body there is no water.

Approximately 80% of the human body consists of water. Brain and blood are two important organs that have a moisture content above 80%. The brain has a component of water by 90%, while blood has a component of 95% water. Function of water is essential in helping the process of digestion, normally we need 2 liters a day or 8 glasses a day, water is also useful to get rid of toxins in the body, which was issued through urine, sweat and feces.

Water also cushion the joints to avoid shock, water is present in the blood with oxygen benefit and nourish every cell in the body. Water is also needed in the lymph nodes that will help the body fight against various viral diseases. Water also regulates body temperature and mnenyeimbangkan (this explains a cloth moistened with water is used to cure fever). Not stopping there, the water is clear and serve as a deterrent dehydration thirst, and helps maintain metabolic processes in the body well.

You imagine if in one day we did not meet each of these items? In addition to water, of course people need to be aware of some diseases are caused by lack of clean water. Without access to clean drinking water, according to the world's food and agriculture organization (FAO), 3,800 children die every day by the disease. World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 2 billion people per day affected by water shortages in 40 countries, and 1.1 billion do not get adequate water.

In Indonesia, 119 million people lack access to clean water. Only 20 percent, it was mostly in urban areas, while 82 percent of Indonesian people consume water that is unfit for health. According to the world governing body about water, World Water Assessment Programme, the water crisis is devastating impact: generating epidemic disease. Impact will come cholera, hepatitis, polymearitis, typoid, disentrin trachoma, scabies, malaria, yellow fever, and intestinal worms.