Which is worst water solution or water pollution?

Over the past three weeks our class has been thinking about which is a worst situation to be in, not having water or having water and it being polluted.  After learning about water, and water pollution, and filtration, I have decided to take the side of water shortage being worst.  The reason I think that water shortage is worst is because with all our new technology it is very easy for us to purify the water.  We have learned about filtering water. We have learned about the different ways water is filtered. We even did an experiment where we had contaminated water and we used three different steps to filter it. My opinion is that having contaminated water would be better, because you can filter it out making it usable for either drinking or for washing you hands, and other things. Without water you don't have anything to filter.