Water The Substance That Never "Dies” Is it possible that the same rater that boiled last might's potatoes earned Columbus’ ex pedition to the New World? That the water coming out of your faucets flowed down the RiVer Nile centuries ago? yes, for thanks to a process known as the water 'cycle, wa ter never “dies”. The bond that unites two hydrogen atoms with one oxygen 'atom to form the life-giving substance H 2 0 is so strong that it is almost im possible to break. Changes do occur when water is heated or cooled. But while it may “fade away”, it never is destroyed. Thus, even the “fresh” water we use in our own homes has been around' a long time On the other hand, although it is true that (there is “water, water everywhere”, unfortu nately it also is true that often there is “not a drop to drank”. The problem is that an adequate inpply of the right quality wa ter does not exist everywhere, and the situation as not improv ing as (the number of users grows. In their mew book, The Wa ter in Your Life, William Laas and Dr. S. S. Beioos, technical director of the Walter Condi tioning Division Morton Sait Company, explain itihalt (the wa ter cycle is partdiailfLy responsible for the water shortages that plague parte of the world. Wa ter often evaporates from one plaee on the 'earth’s surface and returns to another durang the second Stage of the cycle. Water is evaporated continu ously from ate liquid state on the earth’s 'surface by the sun’s power. It becomes “waiter va por” and rises as the sun’s en ergy it. Eventually it meeife' oon- and'returns to earth as f un, toail' or silieet. The nycM'Ts"ori®ess ’ (Because it is powered/ by ithe sum’s limitless energy. Since virtually none of our waiter ever-‘has been tost, we re use the same supply century With US . Service is a : Profession -not a sideline if M. S. Yearsley & Sons West Chester 609-2990