300 Foxes and a Donkey's Jawbone
Water is the essence of free will which is why God used it as the raw material for the universe. God's goal was to create sentient life that had the ability to accept or reject Him as creator based on the testimony of the creation itself.
It's hard to find a pastor or preacher these days who has the guts to make a clear statement about the reality of hell. What's ironic is that the pastors and preachers, for their part, don't think it has anything to do with guts.
If you've ever studied biology, biochemistry or chemistry you may have noticed that practically all introductory textbooks in those subjects have a chapter on water at or near the beginning. It's obligatory.