A Brief Note On The Global Water Crisis

Water is one of the most precious resources, which support the life of almost everything in the world. Indeed, the world is covered by 75% water, but most of this water is not suitable for human consumption or use. On the same note, the world has been increasing its consumption of water due to the increasing population, leading to increased demands. The increased water consumption, which has been a result of high population, is worrying because the matter may lead to massive water shortages in the future.

The world’s supply of water is in steep decline as more and more is being used each year by more and more people around the globe. Currently, 800 million people do not have access to a drinking source. At the current rate, 1.8 billion people could be living in areas of absolute water scarcity by 2025.

The water supply now and in the future affects the population in many ways. According to “Water in 2050”, the water supply is the determining factor of how large the population may grow. In some areas lack of

Here on planet earth things are steadily growing, changing and becoming faster right before our eyes. Here in America, it's hard to remember the daily struggles in other countries as we're so wrapped up in ourselves. These problems are happening daily and we don't even realize it, but one day it will catch up to us. These problems include the massive increase in population, will there be enough food, and will there be enough water for future generations? The population is growing by 80 million each year, 220,00 each day, and with that comes the demand for water, which doubles every 20 years. Though the planet contains a massive amount of water, approximately 97% is undrinkable seawater and another 2% is in the ice caps. We're in danger of many

We usually associate water shortages with a lack of drinking water, but global water scarcity has a critical impact on food security. Agriculture consumes more water than any other source. Climate change is altering patterns of weather around the world, causing shortages and droughts in some areas and floods in others. Water is key to food security. Crops and livestock need water to grow. Agriculture requires large quantities of water for irrigation and various production processes. Water scarcity may limit food production and supply, putting pressure on food prices and increasing countries’ dependence on food imports

Water is the main source of life on the Earth. It is vital for normal existence and functioning of organisms. Earth is sometimes called “water planet.” But, in fact, the number of freshwater is limited. “Only about 2 percent of the planet's water is fresh.” (How much water is there on Earth?) This water is not enough even to meet daily needs of mankind. According to World Health Organization, “a lack of water to meet daily needs is a reality today for one in three people around the world.” (2009) In the Middle East the situation is especially hard. This region is thought to be one of the droughtiest places in the world, most of it’s territory is deserted. Freshwater accounts to 1 percent of the world’s supplies, while the population comes

Life springs up around water sources. It is no coincidence that some of the greatest civilizations have been build need fertile bodies of water. Known life relies on water to sustain that life. So it is no surprise when a debate arose in 2013 around comments made by Nestlé Chairman Peter Brabeck regarding privatization of water and the fundamental human right to survive from dehydration and illness from non-portal water consumption. Although the context of Brabeck’s comment was taken out of context, issues surrounding the access companies like Nestlé have been given to bottle their water when people do not have access to clean water and droughts are threatening crop production. Adding a price tag is not the answer. The market, both these companies and their consumers have a major role to play in the management of water; a role that requires a change in mindset of privilege many citizen of the United States, and other countries that do not see the direct effects that serious clean water issue have on people that do not have it.

Freshwater in the world makes up only a small portion of water on the planet. While the percentage of water in the world is nearly 70%, only 2.5% is consumable. Even further, only <1% is easily accessible to basic human needs. According to National Geographic, “by 2025, an estimated 1.8 billion people will live in areas plagued by water scarcity, with two-thirds of the world's population living in water-stressed regions as a result of use, growth, and climate change.” With this current trend, water will become more immersed in environmental, economic, political, and social changes. Many of these in later years shall need to be addressed as tension rises:

The global problem in the world is that many countries don’t have enough water to survive each day. People around the world die because of the lack of water or because, they are born with severe water diseases, like Typhoid, which is a severe water disease that has caused many deaths in the world. In Sudan more than 40 people die a day because they have a water disease that has been in their system. Also, almost every day kids and women go search for water which decreases their chance of becoming smarter and having a better future. Another thing is that the water that they spend all day searching for isn’t even clean; it’s dirty. The water problem has affected so many countries including the USA. You may not think that there is a water problem in the United States but there is. Like in Flint, Michigan, there was a huge problem about how the water in flint was polluted and not good to drink.Some states are suffering because of it. Therefore, it is a big problem in the world today and it will affect our very own future because then we will have very little water and if we have very little water we will not be able to survive. In total, there is 19 countries involved in solving the Worldwide Water Crisis. This group consists of: Japan, India, China, Indonesia, Bangladesh, United States of America, Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, France, Spain, The Netherlands, and Sudan. Therefore, there is 19 countries (in our group)

70% of the earths surface is covered with water and 90% of this is salt water, over 700 million people don 't have access to clean and safe drinking water (wateringearth.org). Furthermore 30% of the total world area comprises of inhabited arid and semi-arid areas (Howard, Mathais Xin, 2010). It has also been proven that social and economic development of these areas relate to significant water shortages. These areas also face the problem of limited fresh water from

Water scarcity is the lack of sufficient available water resources to meet the demands of water usage within a region. It already affects every continent and around 2.8 billion people around the world at least one month out of every year. More than 1.2 billion people lack access to clean drinking water. Water scarcity involves water stress, water shortage or deficits, and water crisis. While the concept of water stress is relatively new, it is the difficulty of obtaining sources of fresh water for use during a period of time,result in further depletion and deterioration of available water resources. Water shortages may be caused by climate change, such as altered weather patterns including droughts or

Water is one of the major responsible to allow the development of a region, without available sources of water is practically impossible the development and maintenance of a society. Water is necessary for animals and humans to keep their body functions working, in the industry to manufacturing products, and in agriculture for plants growth. The quantity of water present in the Earth is enough to cover all of these demands. However, factors like unequal distribution of the hydric resources on the planet, increase of population, economic growth, contamination of water bodies, and climate changes, are contributing for that many places around the world suffer from the shortage of

Liquid water is the most valuable resource on Earth, for it allows life to exist. Even though 70% of the Earth is covered with water, only 3% of the water on our planet is not salt water (“The USGS Water Science School”), and liquid, potable, fresh water only makes up 1% of the earth’s water (“The USGS Water Science School”). What ethical, environmental, and economic developments can the world make in order to improve fresh water sustainability and availability? Based on “The Struggle to Govern the Commons”, the world can significantly improve its water sustainability, by developing a global plan to educate people on the importance of a sustainable water supply, provide technologies and infrastructure to lesser developed areas, to implement a system of tradable environmental allowances, and incubate community policy making bodies to develop adaptable regulations for water use, (Dietz, Ostrom, and Stern).

Pakistan has been blessed with abandoned water resources, with water flowing down from Himalayas and Karakorum, the world’s largest glaciers, a unique bounty of nature. As a result of this natural resource today we have the world’s largest irrigation system that irrigates over 16 million hectors of land, out of 34 million hectors of cultivable land available.

As you read through any science textbook and you 'll read that water is renewable, that although it is used, it is never used up. But water usage is increasing. Although water covers three-fourths of the earth, 97 percent of it is salt water, and more than two percent is frozen in glaciers and icecaps. That means less than one percent of all water on this earth is usable, while water usage per person averages 100,000 gallons per year. The world 's six billion citizens are appropriating 54 percent of all the accessible fresh water. United Nations ' research shows that by 2025, The researchers expect 5 billion (52 percent) of the world’s projected 9.7 billion people to live in water-stressed areas by 2050. They also assume about 1 billion more people to be living in areas where water demand exceeds surface-water supply. A large portion of