Water+Properties

In its purest form, this odorless, nearly colorless and tasteless substance is essential to life on earth. Many of the products that you use every day contain it, or were manufactured using it. It's in your body, in the food you eat and the beverages you drink. You use it to clean yourself, your clothes, your car and everything else around you. All forms of life need it, and if they don't get enough of it, they die. Political disputes have centered around it. In some places, it's treasured and incredibly difficult to get. In others, it's incredibly easy to get and then squandered.