Skills For A World 's Arid Areas And Their Feasibility

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.

Clean water is essential to our basic needs as human beings and has been acknowledged as a basic human right according to the UN as of July 28, 2010. Still, 1 in 9 (782 million) people don’t have access to clean water, 1 in 3 (2.5 billion) don’t have access to adequate sanitation which results in the spread of often fatal and preventable disease. In a world where 2 in 5 people own a smartphone, it’s easy to forget that for some people even the most basic necessities are hard to come by. Approximately 3.5 million people die every year due to inadequate water supplies. Access to sanitation and safe drinking water could save the lives of 1.5 million children each year.

Water, like food, is a necessity for human life that is used for many purposes such as agricultural, industrial, and domestic systems. While water is a common element around the world not all of it is clean and able to be consumed or used by humans. With only a percentage of the world’s water being clean and the use of water increasing, the availability of water around the world has become a common issue in the developing and even the developed world. This may be a smaller problem in areas close to clean water sources compared to areas far from a clean water source but, the availability of water is not strictly based on location, it also depends on the specific political and social needs and issues of the area as well. These all become issues that must be accounted for when deciphering whether water is a basic human right or a commodity and what action must be taken to aid the developing water systems in community’s that lack them.

780 million people worldwide lack access to clean water and annually, 2 to 8 million die from health issues relating to this. (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, 2013). UNICEF and WHO estimates that the countries shouldering the greatest burden from this are China, India, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Indonesia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bangladesh, United Republic of Tanzania, Kenya and Pakistan with women and girls disproportionately affected. (UNICEF, 2014)

1 in 9 people do not have access to clean water globally.2 This includes the 1.8 billion who use human or animal waste-contaminated water sources.1 Environmental factors contribute to the availability and accessibility of water such as rainfall patterns, the climate in the location with hot dry places experiencing greater evaporation rates and the terrain of the landscape with regions with mountains and valleys creating opportunities for reservoirs of water to be collected.3,4 Other factors such as the economic factors, urbanisation and pollution from industrial wastes, faecal waste and agricultural practices also play a major role in determining access to clean water.4,5 Currently, rivers and seas are being polluted by human wastewater with over 80% of it being disposed of into these water bodies without any treatment, and more than 1.7 billion people are living in regions where water demand exceeds the capacity of the river basins to replenish.1 In some countries, taps, wells and pipes are not affordable for many or are made to a poor quality and

Water is an essential compound for survival. It is vital because every organism depends on it for various reasons. As humans, we depend on it for health, hygiene, and to nourish the environment. However, the misuse of water has profoundly affected water supply in many states. An immense amount of drinking water is wasted daily. Since more than half of the water supply is used for agriculture, an excessive amount of drinking water is wasted on crops. There is a misuse of water in agriculture because farmers are not educated about sustainable farming, which is damaging the freshwater ecosystems, drying bodies of water, and causing cities to face a shrinkage in water supply.

Water is essential not only for our daily household uses such as drinking, cooking, and washing, but also for a range of economic and ecological purposes such as food production, manufacturing, tourism, and the preservation of water-related ecosystems and biodiversity. However, a menacing vision of a “global water crisis,” in addition to the global crisis of climate change, has been stirred up by the media over recent years, and is particularly relevant for current or looming water shortages in some regions of the world, while some even see the danger of a real global water related crisis through extensive droughts or the spreading of waterborne diseases.

Water covers 70% of our planet, and it is easy to think that it will always be plentiful. However, freshwater, what we drink, bathe in, irrigate our farm fields with makes up only 3% of the world’s water, and two-thirds of that is stored in frozen glaciers or unavailable for our use. Many of the water systems that keep ecosystems thriving and feed a growing human population have become stressed. Rivers, lakes and aquifers are drying up or becoming too polluted to use. Already, 80 countries suffer from water shortages that threaten health and economies while 40 percent of the world—more than 2 billion people—does not have access to clean water or sanitation

Currently, “only 2.5 to 3 percent of all the natural water sources available on Earth are composed of fresh water” as written by Paul Alois, a researcher and writer for The World Bank. Alois continues, “less than 1 percent is easily accessible for human use” due to most of the natural water sources being unaccessible. As the global population grows, the environment keeps changing, and over usage of water sources continues, freshwater sources are only going to deplete even further. Consequently, “2 billion people lack access to clean water” and more than 80 countries are presently suffering from water scarcity as reported

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

Currently, “only 2.5 to 3 percent of all the natural water sources available on Earth are composed of fresh water” as written by Paul Alois, a researcher and writer for The World Bank. Alois continues, “less than 1 percent is easily accessible for human use” due to most of the natural water sources being unaccessible. As the global population grows, the environment keeps changing, and over usage of water sources continues, freshwater sources are only going to deplete even further. Consequently, “2 billion people lack access to clean water” and more than 80 countries are presently suffering from water scarcity as reported by The World Bank, a nonprofit scientific research organization.” However, it seems as if the population in

The problem this project is exploring is the lack of attainable sanitary and clean water for impoverished people, also known as the water crisis. The fact that people suffer because they live without clean water while many others waste clean water is an inequality that needs to be solved. This problem greatly affects our world. “783 million people do not have access to clean and safe water worldwide” (WHO/UNICEF. 2010). That is about 1 in every 9 people. Also, “1 in 3 people, or 2.4 billion, are without improved sanitation facilities” (WHO/UNICEF. 2015).

Intro, statistics- Water scarcity is defined as the lack of sufficient water resources to meet the demands of usage in different regions. Worldwide, 782 million people lack access to safe and sanitary water, 37% of those people live in Sub-Saharan Africa. According to World Health Organization (2006), in 2004, only 16% of those in Africa had access to drinking water through a household connection. According to an estimation done by the United Nations, Africa alone loses 40 billions hours per year collecting water. (World Health Organization, 2015) Currently in Africa over 300 million people have no access to clean water. That is 40% of the total population, and 60% of the population

Today 3.4 million people die each year due to water related diseases; sadly, many of these deaths are from children age five and under (“Water.org”). Majority of the illnesses are usually due to malnourishment and improper sanitation based on their poor living conditions. What makes these cases even sadder is that most of them could have been completely prevented by simply having fresh water more readily available to the citizens in these countries like Afghanistan and Ethiopia (St. Cyr). Even though some of

Water scarcity is quite possibly the most important issue that exists, seeing as it is the one essential resource for humans and all other life. The concept of water scarcity needs to be understood by everyone. It is reported that currently about 1.2 billion people do not have access to safe drinking water, and this figure will increase to 2.7 to 3.5 billion people by 2025 if steps are not taken to lessen the water crisis (Zakar 1). Although the damage inflicted by climate change is global, the poor and less developed countries are the worst victims. Developing countries lack the resources and institutional capacity needed to treat contaminated water. As a result the health and economic inequalities both in and between countries are widening.