The Factors Affecting Safe Drinking-Water (Planning and Essay Basic)

According to the International Water Management Institute environmental research organisation global water stress is increasing, and a third of all people face some sort of water scarcity. Where demand exceeds supply and no effective management operates, there will be conflicts between the various players involved.

There is a water crisis which faces many parts of the world and it is a threat to survival of human beings since humans are primarily dependent on water. Shortage in drinking water is beginning to show its effects in first world countries, but is a current major problem facing lesser developed countries which have not taken drastic steps to harvest water and purify it to make it safe for human consumption. In developed countries the population growth has strained available water resources and stretched the ability of governments and private firms to provide safe drinking water to the vast majority of the population. Seventy one percent of

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

Population, household size, and growth will influence all affect how on much water is used. We

any countries in the world are short of precious water. Given that water is so essential to everyday activities, such as cooking,washing, and growing crops, without the quality of water can affect our nation, even causing economic or social instability. The cdc estimates 780 million people around the world,more than 1 in 10, do not have access to an improved water source one that is protected from outside contaminants.

also is the overall need for clean, potable, and unpolluted water in developing countries. This

Water is an essential part of life. While most people are fortunate enough to have stable access to it, others are not blessed with it and have to use unsanitary and other unhealthy alternatives. Areas such as India and even in the United States in Flint, Michigan suffer from a bad water supply to this day, the modern era.

The water access is limited in some regions of the world. Most part of these regions

The inequality when it comes to water scarcity is unacceptable and it does not meet the criteria for Reasonable Access to Clean water for multiple reasons. It is believed that 780million people lack access to clean water and another 2.5 Billion people lack access to improved sanitation (so they only have enough to drink and nothing else). Reasonable access to clean water should mean that water is offered at the lowest possible price so that more people can afford it but it is often in the poorest countries that the water they need is more expensive and harder to access and it is often due to avoidable causes.

In regions with low supply of fresh water, higher priority is given to high revenue generating activities (pg. 49). So if you have money, you’ll get all the water you want while others don’t. The ramifications of this are that the poor people are left with insufficient water for drinking and hygiene leading to dehydration and health problems. Also often the nonhuman consumers are overlooked – such as the flora and fauna of the region – and there aren’t enough water allocated to them which in time leads to the land drying up and causing wild

Populations boosting, upkeep lacking, and irrigation thriving (absolute), the water crisis escalated to the global scale. Historically, areas with high concentrations of people are customarily hit the hardest. David Molden, former Deputy Director General for Research at the International Water Management Institute informs us in his article, “Water Scarcity: The Food Factor”, that “about 1.2 billion people live in areas plagued by physical water scarcity, meaning they lack enough water to satisfy demand” (2007, p.4). For example, India’s economy is growing rapidly due to a spike in agriculture - combined with the immense population, a high demand for the resource is sparked, leading to a supply of water

As the worlds population grows, it is forced by circumstances that it has created to face the limitations of the worlds resources. Most people in the US have always been fortunate enough to have enough of whatever they wanted. When something they like breaks or wears out, they throw it away or buy a new one, and they often don’t even make an attempt to repair an item. They neglect basic maintenance until they damage their belongings beyond repair, and expect that they’ll always have enough. But some things are beyond their control, beyond there power or financial ability to replace or repair. The world’s drinking water supply is one of these without concern, without attention, without preventative maintenance and reclamation and

The chief influencing factors of urban water demand are population growth and migration, together with changes in lifestyle, demographic structure and possible effects of climate change. This is compounded by rapid development, creeping urbanization and, in some places, rising standards of living, (Kayaga, et al, 2007; Butler & Memon, 2006).

The normal human body is made up of about 60% of water, which is obviously over half the human body. Drinking tap water is something that is a part of almost everyone’s daily lives, however, in the documentary Poisoned Water by PBS, Flint, Michigan’s tap water isn’t as safe as the people of Flint, Michigan originally thought. Lead poisoning, legionaries’ disease, even the deaths of 12 people have all been happening to the people of Flint, Michigan according to Poisoned Water by PBS. I was surprised to learn that it took so much effort just to get clean water. People should not have to worry about if their water is safe or not, it’s a basic human right to trust in the people who run the water plants to make sure the water is drinkable. I was also surprised to learn that a disease can arise from the lack of clean water. I didn’t realize that by constantly neglecting to clean up the pipes in Flint, Michigan, legionaries’ disease would form. I also was surprised to learn about the effects lead had on people who drank the contaminated water.

The purpose of this report is to propose a solution to the problem of reduced drinking water quality due to chemical pollution. Some bodies of water in the United States are becoming polluted from chemicals and restrictions are needed to protect drinking water quality.