Water Scarcity Global Scenario

Unsafe water supplies are often contaminated with infectious agents, toxic chemicals, and radiological hazards. In 2000, the World Health Organization and UNICEF identified some 2.4 billion people who did not have basic sanitation facilities, and 1.1 billion people without a safe drinking water supply. (Wagner, 2009) Some communities experienced diarrhea, caused by a variety of parasites, viruses, and bacteria that infect people as a result of contaminated drinking water or poor hygiene. In India, more than 500,000 children die from diarrhea every year. Like other tropical diseases, when diarrhea does not kill, it weakens, leaving people more susceptible to other infections, such as tuberculosis and HIV. (Whitman, 2008).

Water scarcity is an environmental problem that reaches around the globe. This lack of water is called the World Water Crisis. In the U.S, people are privileged enough to be able to use clean water for many things. However, the U.S is effected by water scarcity as well as countries who are underdeveloped and aren 't as privileged as we are. Only 2.5 percent of Earth 's water is fresh water, of which industrial uses account for 22 percent of available fresh water, domestic use requires only 8 percent, and the rest-over two-thirds of our demand-is used for agriculture. Water is said to be a right for all living things, however, many underdeveloped countries in the world, such as Ghana or Rajasthan, are victims of corporations who come

A problem that affects the daily life of more than a hundred million people is inadequate sanitation and a lack of proper sanitation facilities. For example, only 87% of Indians in urban areas have access to a sanitized latrine, while only 33% of Indians in rural areas have access to a toilet, (The Guardian). This statistic is alarming, as it increases the susceptibility to diseases such as

Thanks to the United Nations general assembly recognizing the need for clean water in Resolution 64/292, the states and international organizations have been called on to provide funding and resources to help developing countries provide safe, clean, affordable, and accessible water to all. This is a step in the right direction, seeing as women and children in some countries have to walk more than 30 minutes to collect water- if there is any water to collect at all.

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Water-borne diseases are caused by the ingestion of water contaminated by pathogenic bacteria, viruses, or parasites. These pathogens are spread through the feces or urine of an infected individual (africaneeds). The most common diseases are cholera, guinea worm and typhoid. People can easily contract these diseases if there is no system of sewage collection and treatment. In fact, almost 2.5 billion people worldwide do not have access to adequate sanitation (UN water). Climate change can also impact the water crisis in Africa. Water is necessary for survival, and when areas get

In these countries they have to get there water by trucks which may have to be carried for miles until they get to their destination. Women in these countries are the carriers for the water, they will go out as far as they have to get water. Once they have received the water they will carry it for miles on top of their heads. Charles Fishman stated that he went to India where he walked a couple of miles with a twelve year old girl to get water, she carried more than him and did not spill. What made me startled in the interview was that he said he had cell phone service the whole time but no clean water directly to where he was staying, to me this is all backwards. This young girl and I am sure many of other young children should be in school which in turn affects their health, the ability to learn is there but they have to worry about getting water two times a day from a local truck. So with them not having clean water does not just affect their body but also affects them making a better future for

The method is doing research online and collecting information by checking if the information can answer the question from the question creation chart. First, find out the problems of water scarcity in the United States, and pick two severe problem to solve. Once the decision is made, find the current solutions that deal with each of them, summerize the advantages and disadvantages. Then, search which country has greatly succeeded on dealing with water shortage problem and what solutions they exploited. Also, be sure there are some data provided to compare the water they have before solving the problem and after.

Africa is one country that has one of the biggest water problems. Africa’s water is very toxic due to the many human bodies being thrown into it Janjaweed militia fighting against the native tribes of Africa. Africans are then drinking and cooking with this contaminated water. In Africa, they do not have plumbing, so their sewer gets mixed into the water that they drink which then causes it to be unsafe. Consequently, three hundred thousand children are dying everyday because of contaminated water. Eighty five percent of diseases in Africa are caused by waterborne illness. Africa has a huge water pollution problem, many people are dying from their water.

Over 8,000 children die every year from diarrhea caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation in

Zola opened her exhausted eyes and woke Lulu, her sister. The two grabbed large tin buckets and tiptoed out of their tiny living space, to avoid waking their family. They crouched under the tiny door, their eyes blinded by the rising sun from the outdoors. They looked at each other with wide eyes, preparing themselves for the hours of walking they would be doing today. This is the daily life of an individual child in places such as Sub Saharan Africa, like Zola and Lulu, with no access to safe water. Safe water is water that is safe to consume, because it contains no harmful bacteria or contaminants.The access to safe water is a growing issue among people around the world, including several millions of people in areas such as Sub Saharan Africa,

Water is considered as an essential for human existence. We all can survive without food for some day but no one can live without water at least two days. Human body consists of 70% percent of water and our globe is covered by 69.9% percent of water. But unfortunately the useable fresh water is just 2.5% out of it. Water is a social good, water is an economic good, water has ecological value and water has religious, moral and cultural value.

Nearly 97% of water on Earth is salty, otherwise undrinkable, this is something this is happening in China. China’s water scarcity is a major issue in Northern China. They don’t have enough drinkable water for everyone to have a decent amount of water. Therefore, China is suffering from water scarcity. There are 3 drivers from China’s lack of water, Global Warming, Urbanization, and Industrialization. Out of those three drivers, Industrialization is the biggest driver.

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

The water crisis has been known in the world for many years now, but as time goes on people have not realized the greater effect this has had on the world. Most people who know about the crisis do not know the regions it affects and frankly seem to not care unless it affects them directly. The shortages of water have led to health concerns and money problems in many countries. Both of these factors correlate because if health problems go up so does the economic issue. India has been one of the regions hit badly with the recent depletion of water. It has many small cities that people have never heard about, that suffer much greater than this country as a whole. The overpopulation in India is not helping solve the scarcity of water and with