This document summarizes the global water crisis, noting that over 1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water. It introduces the concept of megawatersheds as a potential solution, describing how fractured bedrock acts as a natural distribution system for large quantities of fresh water. Megawatershed development offers significant benefits like improved health and economic development. Several case studies are provided where EarthWater has successfully located large sources of groundwater in areas previously thought to have little water.

1. GLOBAL WATER CRISIS
“Water is life’s matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.”
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Nobel Prize Winner for Medicine

2. Fresh, potable water is the
most important natural resource
on Earth for which there is no
substitute; it is an essential
element to every facet of life.
With 55 nations failing to meet
their water-related Millennium
Development Goal target, the
United Nations recently declared
water a “Global Crisis”.
www.UN.org/MillenniumGoals
Lack of fresh water is one of
the most critical issues facing
mankind today.
only 1% of the earth’s water is fit for human consumption.

3. Worldwide, over 1.1 billion people (roughly 20% of the
world’s population) lack access to safe drinking water.
Lack of clean water is the leading cause of disease in
the world resulting in 4,500 children dying each day.
21 of the 37 major diseases in developing countries
are water and sanitation related; no single type of
intervention has a greater overall impact upon national
development and public health than the provision of
safe drinking water.
The World Health Organization estimates that water
related diseases account for 80% of all sicknesses in
the developing world and claim approximately 5 million
lives each year.
Over 1 billion people must walk 3 hours or more to
obtain drinking water; individuals spend more than
200 million hours per day walking to collect water from
distant, often polluted sources.
Water usage varies greatly around the globe and is
highly correlated with economic development and
availability. In the US, per capita usage is estimated
to be 100 to 176 gallons per day; in Africa, the
comparable figure is 5 gallons.

4. If no action is taken to meet basic water needs, as many as 135 million people
may die from water-related diseases by 2020.
The United Nations estimates that within 20 years 3 billion
people in 50 countries, or 30% of the world’s population,
will face severe water shortages.
Global water consumption is increasing at twice the rate
of population growth. The human population more than
tripled in the 20th century while water use grew six fold.
Demographers expect the world population to continue
growing from 6.5 to 9.1 billion people by 2050, an increase
of 40%.
Throughout the developing world, increased urbanization
and industrialization, and the pollution associated with both,
continue to stress woefully inadequate fresh water resources
and infrastructure.
Inefficient irrigation in the developing world can account for
80 to 90% of a region’s total water usage.
The UN declared Africa the continent most vulnerable to
global warming; reports indicate that climate changes could
result in water scarcity for up to 250 million Africans within
15 years.

6. Contrary to inadequate conventional approaches, a large-scale, proven and sustainable
alternative exists… for those with the vision and foresight to imagine a new direction.

7. Traditional fresh water sources, surface water and
shallow alluvial wells, have reached their productive limits
and are increasingly unreliable. These sources are finite
and, in fact, are declining due to overuse and pollution.
Conventional “solutions” to procuring additional fresh
water, dams and desalination plants, are inadequate,
destructive to the environment and unsustainable.
Dams can cost hundreds of millions of dollars and
take years to construct. They displace indigenous
populations, adversely impact the environment, destroy
productive agricultural lands, and are susceptible to
evaporation and siltation which limit water output.
Desalination plants can cost tens of millions of dollars,
are energy-intensive and are costly to operate. These
plants must be periodically rebuilt and negatively impact
the environment by discharging hot brine (their corrosive
byproduct) directly into marine eco systems and
coral reefs.

8. The Earth’s crust - a massive, relatively unex-
plored realm in terms of water development -
contains enormous volumes of renewable,
fresh water.
In a novel departure from the well-established
watershed concepts embedded in traditional
hydrology, the Megawatershed Paradigm
recognizes the movement of water through
large-scale fracture systems within the Earth’s
crust. These water conductive fractures are the
result of tectonic activity over millennia; over time,
these channels are enlarged through erosion
enabling water to travel over long distances.
Using the best of science and technology, these
resources can be developed on a large-scale,
and sustainable basis.
The implications of the Megawatershed Paradigm
are profound: the realization that substantial fresh
water can be accessed wherever the proper
geological conditions exist can have a dramatic
impact on world health and development; these
conditions exist on every continent and in the
vast majority of countries around the world.
THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF RENEWABLE GROUNDWATER AVAILABLE IN A GIVEN GEOGRAPHY
IS 10 TO 100 TIMES THE QUANTITY ASSUMED UNDER CONVENTIONAL HYDROLOGICAL THEORY.

9. Water droplets represent regions where
feasibility studies confirm potential for
large-scale Megawatershed development
“Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.”
W.H. Auden

10. The Megawatershed Nature’s own distribution system:
For millions of years, continents have glided across the surface of the Earth,
often colliding into one another with incredible force. The results of these
tectonic collisions include the great mountain ranges of the world, periodic
devastating earthquakes and the “shattering” of bedrock into a system
of fractures and fissures that extend throughout the earth’s crust, often
uninterrupted, for tens to thousands of square miles. These fractures provide
natural pathways through which very large quantities of fresh water flow.
Roughly 80% of the world’s precipitation occurs at higher mountain elevations.
Conventional hydrologic theory maintains that most of this water evaporates
while the remainder flows down the surface and shallow subsurface into
streams or lakes, and that no appreciable amount of water penetrates
the “impervious” bedrock. Contrary to conventional theory, modern exploration
methods demonstrate that vast quantities of fresh water from mountain
precipitation are not lost to evaporation, but flow into and through the fractures
and fissures within the shattered bedrock.
Water has entered these bedrock crevices and followed gravity along the
same “fracture paths” for millions of years, gradually eroding them into larger
and larger conduits. Over the same period, natural weathering processes have
deteriorated surface rocks into soils and clays which have accumulated to form
natural layers impervious to water, thereby isolating the fresh water flowing
through fractures in the bedrock from contact with surface, and relatively
shallow sub-surface, waters.
The “Megawatershed”, a previously overlooked, sustainable, fresh water resource
of enormous significance to the current global water crisis.

11. The water flowing through these
fractures eventually discharges
deep beneath continental shelves
into the world’s oceans. The
phenomenon of tremendous
plumes of fresh water escaping
into the sea has been observed
and recorded by fisherman for
thousands of years and, in recent
years, confirmed by satellite im-
ages. These discharges of fresh
water are at rates as high as
millions of gallons per hour, a
natural resource forever lost to
human use – until now.
“By means of water, we give life to everything.”
KORAN, 21:30

12. The technologies necessary to
locate, access and sustainably
develop Megawatershed resources
are available today. The oil, gas
and mineral industries have been
developing myriad technologies
over the past century, many of
which are now being adapted to
water exploration.
Employing these technologies
in conjunction with the proper
analytical protocols has successfully
identified and accessed hundreds
of millions of gallons per day of
clean, fresh water in areas where
recognized experts, employing
conventional theories, had
concluded that there was little
or no additional water available.
Satellite Imagery
High Altitude Surveys
Low Altitude Photo and Side-Looking
Airborne Reconnaissance
Proprietary Geological, Hydrologic, and
Geologic Mapping and Surveying Techniques
“Humankind in the 21st century will need to bring about a ‘Blue Revolution’
to complement the ‘Green Revolution’ of the 20th century…
New science and technology must lead the way.”
Dr. Norman Borlaug is the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate credited with founding the ‘Green Revolution’

14. Megawatershed Development
The benefits are clear:
Fundamental Change in the Quality of Life:
Megawatershed development offers the prospect of a dramatic
improvement in the quality of life for the average man, woman
and child in many water scarce regions of the world.
A new, constant supply of potable water translates to:
- Vast improvements in human health and life-expectancy.
- Drastic reductions in health costs.
- Freedom from the perpetual slavery of water-carrying.
- A potential for previously unattainable economic development.
Environmental Impact:
A single Megawatershed well requires less than 1/10th
of an acre and can be strategically located according to
demand, demographics and the minimization of water
conveyance infrastructure. In comparison to the alternatives,
Megawatershed development uses limited electrical energy
(in many instances, no electricity at all is required due to the
artesian pressure of the Megawatershed system).
Sustainable Water Supply Throughout the Year:
Megawatershed wells will supplement or totally replace
unreliable surface water sources. For instance, dams in certain
SUSTAINABLE MEGAWATERSHED DEVELOPMENT OFFERS THE PROSPECT OF IMPROVED HEALTH,
AND INCREASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TO WATER SCARCE REGIONS AROUND THE WORLD.

15. regions operate at 10% efficiency during dry seasons
(due to high evaporation rates) and at 30% efficiency
during wet seasons (due to silt buildup). Water from the
Megawatershed is available in the desired quantities
without regard to seasonal precipitation.
Resistance to Drought and Surface Contamination:
Under proper management and care, the depth and
thickness of the Megawatershed’s bedrock provides
natural water filtration as well as vast natural storage
such that:
- Disease-causing contamination from polluted
surface water sources can be totally avoided.
- Even prolonged drought conditions have no
impact on consistent supply.
A Highly Cost-Effective Solution:
In terms of capital investment, and ongoing mainte-
nance and operations, tapping Megawatersheds
has very significant economic advantages relative
to dams, desalination plants, water barging and
nearly every other water sourcing alternative – this is
of critical importance to countries in the developing
world with limited financial resources.

16. EarthWater Global was created to help countries solve
their fresh water shortages by locating, developing
and managing previously overlooked Megawatershed
resources through fully-financed Public-Private Partnerships.
EarthWater’s success on the island of Tobago illustrates
the significant implications of Megawatershed exploration
and development:
- In the year 2000 Tobago was in the midst of a
severe water crisis that threatened to discourage
foreign investment and drastically curtail economic growth.
- In a final attempt to avoid constructing a dam,
which would have destroyed a portion of the Island’s
protected rain forest, Tobago contracted EarthWater
to employ its sustainable Megawatershed exploration
and development approach.
- Within one year, EarthWater had not only developed
the amount of water the dam was expected to
supply but also discovered 10x that amount; 5 million
gallons per day of sustainable groundwater
was developed and a total of 50 Million Gallons per
Day was discovered, (an amount 100x previous
groundwater estimates).
Providing clean water and sanitation brings tremendous benefits:
people live longer, healthier and more productive lives.

17. The Megawatershed Paradigm has been verified by the development
of numerous, high-volume, sustainable wells throughout the world.
A sample of projects completed by EarthWater teams includes:
Trinidad - Discovered over 250 Million Gallons per Day (“MGDs”);
produced 20 MGDs within two years.
Tobago - Discovered over 50 MGDs; produced 5.0 MGDs within one year
Sudan - Discovered over 10 MGDs; no production wells drilled;
project terminated by US State Department.
Somalia - Discovered 20 MGDs; produced 2.0 MGDs within one year;
civil war put project into Force Majeure.
Seabrook, NH - Discovered and produced 1.5 MGDs within one year.
Salem, NH - Discovered and produced 2.0 MGDs within one year.
These wells continue to pump without diminishing their
respective water tables.

18. EarthWater Global provides the only proven Megawatershed exploration
and sustainable development capability in the world today.
EarthWater’s “incremental” potable water projects offer the prospect of
improved health and economic development with no risk to, or capital
invested by, clients.
For more information on EarthWater’s fully-financed Megawatershed projects,
please visit our website at www.EarthWaterGlobal.com.
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“Securing water for a growing world will require the best of science, ecology,
economics, ethics and international cooperation.”
DR. JEFFREY SACHS IS DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED NATION’S MILLENNIUM PROJECT

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20. EarthWater Global is honored to have been asked to provide this small book for the 2007 Inaugural Producers
Emmy Nominee Party. The human suffering that flows from the global water crisis is staggering and cries out for
new solutions. Today, the shortages and deterioration in quality of fresh water spreading across the globe bring
untold misery to hundreds of millions of our fellow men, women and children. Tomorrow, we foresee the
negative effects from this crisis touching each and every one of us in myriad ways.
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“Water is the mother of the vine, The nurse and fountain of fecundity, The adorner and refresher of the world.”
Charles Mackay
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