>Well the original post was someone who had access to reliable safe drinking water That someone was me, in the same text I also mentioned homeless persons and

>Well the original post was someone who had access to reliable safe drinking water That someone was me, in the same text I also mentioned homeless persons and individuals living in "third world" nations. And I only have access to reasonably safe drinking water because I added filtration equipment totaling about 2.5% of my annual gross to reduce the nearly 'unacceptable' lead levels in my well for my drinking water and have to, with some regularity, test that water on an ongoing basis to make sure the well hasn't been contaminated by any number of natural and man-made pollutants (chemical spills, chemical fertilizers from neighboring farms, etc). I don't have the luxury of turning on the tap and knowing that an entire industry is testing and chemically treating my water on a daily basis but I still have it a lot better than at least 1/5 of the world.