The Big Three
Have I mentioned “The Big Three”?
These are the three things – in some combination – that all life needs to survive: air, water and food.
Humans live just a couple of minutes without oxygen (which is...
Tag: aquifer
Water: Don’t Waste a Drop!
In McHenry County, water is all around us: Groundwater. Wetlands. Watersheds. Stormwater. Even so, all of the water people use locally comes from the ground. Municipal and private wells reach down into “groundwater aquifers”...
Don’t take water for granted
I am fascinated by water.
Humans can only survive a few days without it, and our bodies are 65% water. Less than one percent of the water on planet earth is available for people to use because the vast majority of water is...