A Company Is Selling Dirty Water Bottles To Make A Point

<div><p>It can be hard to remember in a country where fresh, safe tap water flows in everyone's home, but clean water is very precious almost everywhere else on this planet.</p><p>More than 663 million people around the world don't have access to clean water, and every day over 800 children die from drinking contaminated water.</p><p>To remind people how lucky they are, and to raise money for clean water in developing countries, &nbsp;water bottle company One Water will be selling a limited number of bottles with special sleeves that make the water look "dirty."</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/1.jpeg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/1_GH_content_550px.jpeg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/1_GH_content_650px.jpeg 650w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>One Water</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>The bottles, which were unveiled on World Water Day, will be on sale soon.</p><p>Duncan Goose, the company's founder, realizes that customers may not want to buy "dirty" water, but he says it's important to raise awareness.</p><p>"I wanted to turn this into a force for good," he said in a statement, "a source of funds that benefits the billions of people worldwide who don't have a reliable clean source of water."</p><p>To make sure everyone has access to clean water like their customers, One Water uses their profits to fund charities in the developing world, including their own <a href="http://www.onedifference.org/en_UK/the-one-foundation/">One Foundation</a>.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/2.jpeg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/2_GH_content_550px.jpeg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p>Grossing people out with dirty water may not solve the world's problems, but it's definitely creative.</p><p>Last year, Americans drank 12.8 billion gallons of bottled water, which works out to 30.8 gallons per person. If everyone thought about that water differently, it could make a huge difference in the world.</p><p><strong>What do you think of these gross bottles? Are they a good idea?</strong></p></div>