The Gap, Kraft, MillerCoors, Sara Lee, and Nestle -- chances are you recognize at least one of these companies. In fact, you probably purchased an item from one of these organizations recently.
What do they have in common? All of these corporations, according to EnvironmentalLeader.com, have been affected by the world's water woes.
Take the Gap, for example. After the Texas droughts destroyed cotton crops, the clothing retailer "cut its profit forecast by 22 percent." Other companies, like Kraft and Nestle, will have to raise product prices due to droughts in some locations and floods in others.
On rainy days like today in the Northeast, it's hard to imagine a drought-stricken world. But what happens all over the globe affects us more than we know. And as water consumption grows "over twice as quickly as the global population," it looks like the stresses will only get worse.
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