A Brief Note On Down The Drain It Goes

Apart from the article by Barnett, several other papers have been written concerning water crisis. For instance, the American Water Works Association writes that in as much as the world is covered with 70% water, 97% of it is salty, and therefore it is not suitable for consumption. Another 2% is ice that is found at the poles. Primarily, this cannot be accessed for consumption since it is far from habitable places. Only 1% is available for use (American Water Works Association).

Freshwater is big part of the world functioning today. Water is used for many things and if it is not used properly than it could be destroyed. The question is what is water? Water is a tasteless and odourless often colourless liquid compound consisting of Hydrogen and Oxygen . Canada has 20% of the world fresh water supply . Which is a lot considering we have 0.49% of the worlds population as of 2014 . Water is used for many things including building infrastructure, giving people water in their homes and creating power . Water can also be used for transporting goods down rivers or lakes, and even extracting minerals from underground. Obviously, it can also be used to drink. Those are just a few of the uses water has in the world today. Water is used for almost everything and

How much global water (in percentage) is locked up in the oceans, or in snow, or in lakes and rivers? Know these proportions.

fresh water found on planet earth is only a mere one percent (1%) and we have to bear in mind that within that one percent some are found in lakes, rivers, streams and underground aquifers.

Around the world our water supply is depleting. Our water is becoming contaminated making it harmful for both mammals and aquatic life. Today over one billion people go without adequate water supply and every fifteen seconds a child dies of waterborne illness. Sources of water that once supplied water to millions can no longer meet the supply and demand of the water need. Scientist predict that the amount of useful water will keep depleting greatly in the years to come. In the next couple of pages it will talk about both the geological and human reasons as to why are water supply is depleting.

The earth is like a living organism; it thrives full of life with a fragile balance. This balance has been thrown off by many different things. Water seems to be one of the biggest problems with this offset balance. Water is a magic liquid keeping all of life thriving. Humans drink and use water, plants use water, water is used in everyday life, and it’s slowly being taken away. In the future, there will be no water left to sustain life on earth.

The lack of freshwater is something that drastically affects the world every single day. People use water everyday for a multitude of things, whether it's washing their clothes, watering their plants, making soup, swimming in a pool, or even just hydrating themselves after a long run or a fun sport outside in the hot, beating sun. Water is very important to human beings, seeing as 70% of the human body is just water molecules vibrating at a very high frequency. That's why when there are natural disasters that prevent people from having access to that water it is highly damaging to everyone, and to the environment. Recently there has been a drought in California that has disrupted not only the lives of the people who live in California, but

The world needs water and there are sometimes limitations. The amount of water on Earth has not changed, but people still worry about water shortage because of the population growth. Droughts are limiting the fresh water and a solution is desalinization. Water pollution is also a problem, but there are many things to stop it. Humans need to work together to prevent these things.

Attention-getter: Many of us in the United States take for granted that we would always have an infinite supply of fresh water. This is not true; the authors of the Gale Encyclopedia of Science, K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner wrote that, “less than 3% of water on Earth is fresh water” (Lerner and Lerner.)

Imagine living a life with limited water or not having any water at all. For many people, they wouldn’t survive or know how to go about life with this limitation. Water is a necessity to life, no matter where someone comes from or is currently living. Flint, Michigan, and Africa are just two of these places that are being affected currently by water. Many people do not know about Flint, Michigan having a water crisis currently unless they are from around that area and many don’t know how limited water resources are in Africa. Water has linked people all around the world through many different ways.

Wise usage of water helps us in saving money. We have to pay for the water we use. If we use less water, we will have more money left to spend on other things.

As we all know, water is essential for mankind's survival. However, people seem to believe that our water supply is endless since there is more water than land on this Earth. Water regenerates and is redistributed through evaporation, making it seem endlessly renewable. So why worry?

71 percent of the earth’s surface is made of water. 97 percent of earths water is saline water and not safe for human consumption. This leaves just 3 percent of earth’s water as fresh water most of which is icecaps and glaciers. 68 percent of the fresh water on Earth is found in icecaps and glaciers. 30 percent of fresh water is found in ground water leaving around .3 percent of earth’s water as surface fresh water. Of the .3 percent of surface fresh water the great lakes make up 84% of North America 's surface fresh water and about 21% of the world 's supply of surface fresh water. ("Great Lakes Facts and Figures." EPA. Environmental Protection Agency, n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2016.)

Water covers about two thirds of the total surface of Earth, but most of that is saltwater. Humans must drink freshwater to live. 97% of the water on Earth is saltwater, while only 3% of Earth's water is freshwater. And 70% of the freshwater is ice in glaciers, ice caps and permanent snow. The small amount of freshwater remaining is distributed for use to the Earth's 6 ¾ billion people for agriculture, industry,

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