EP 78: No Water, No Food. Water Activist Erin Huber of Drink Local Drink Tap

Imagine this. You're sitting at home and you get kinda thirsty. To quench your thirst, to satisfy this basic human need, you have to walk two miles each way to get yourself some water. This is a real experience for people in remote, underdeveloped regions of the world. Erin Huber, founder of Drink Local Drink Tap knows these circumstances all too well. For 13 years her Cleveland-based nonprofit organization has been working to improve water equity, advocate for better water resources and educate the next generation of water users because clean water is a basic human right. In this episode we hear what life is like in parts of Uganda, where DLDT works to develop systems to bring water, sanitation and hygiene to communities and also what her organization is doing right here in Northeast Ohio. Water problems used to be something that happened somewhere else, but climate change, overdevelopment and population growth have made water access a first world problem that will only get more acute if we don't take our water seriously. This episode is made possible by Chef Douglas Katz with support from Tomato Monster Heirlooms.