What is the importance of "water" in the play, Water by the Spoonful?

Throughout the narrative, in many ways and many forms, water manifests as a means of saving and supporting life, while its withdrawal is portrayed as life destroying. At one point, its appearance has the opposite context: for “Chutes”, it represents an experience of near-drowning, and as such is more destructive than affirming. A gift from Odessa / Haikumom, however, helps him learn to transform that fear into something more positive.