Water, water, everywhere...

From the NYT comes a few facts about water from Tom Standage, the author of "A History of the World in Six Glasses".

* $46 billion - amount spend worldwide on bottled water each year
* $1.7 billion - additional amount needed yearly to provide clean water for every person on earth
* 80 percent of all illness in the world is due to water-borne diseases
* 1 billion people lack access to clean water