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INTRODUCTION

Drinking water is needed for humans to avoid dehydration, the amount you need each day depends on the temperature, how much activity you are involved in and other factors. Pure water has no smell and no taste, it also has a pH level around 7.
While most people know that water boils at 100 °C (212 °F), this is at the normal conditions of sea level. The boiling point of water actually changes relative to the barometric pressure. For example, water boils at just 68 °C (154 °F) on the top of Mount Everest while water deep in the ocean near geothermal vents can remain in liquid form at temperatures much higher than 100 °C (212 °F).

CULTURE AND RELIGION

We cannot however, simply define water as a commodity to be assessed a value and sold. Water is a basic human right and something of significance to all cultures across the globe. It is considered sacred as the source of life, and as a purifying agent, in many religions. Every religion has some sort of belief or practice involving water, giving it an honored, or even sacred position in many rituals. Water is central to the religious practice of all indigenous peoples as well as to the beliefs of the major world religions.
Buddhism- Buddhist monks pour water into a bowl and place it before a dead body and other monks in attendance at a funeral.
Christianity- Water is used in baptism rites, a public declaration and acceptance of faith; an individual may be either sprinkled with water or fully immersed, or anywhere in between. Water represents purification and rejection of Sin. In the New Testament the "living water" or "water of life" represents the spirit of God, and eternal life.
Hinduism- Water represents spiritual purification to Hindus, for whom bathing is a morning ritual. Oftentimes there are pilgrimages to one of the seven sacred rivers of India: the Ganges, Godavari, Kaveri, Narmada, Sarasvati, Sindhu and Yamuna. Water is also used in funeral rites.