There are 80 countries that have been suffering from a lack of clean water, and two billion people lack access to freshwater, especially South Africa (Alois). This area of countries is the driest in the world - Sudan, Ethiopia, Egypt and so on. Like in the book A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, Nya, who lives in Sudan, has been lacking clean water. She has to find water every day for her family. Luckily, Nya got help from Salva who used to live in Sudan and came back from America to build the water system for her village. However, there are still many people around the world that have been suffering to find clean water for basic use. There are many factors that cause a lack of clean water around the world: geography of countries, deforestation, …show more content…
There are many countries that are located in dried up areas which are the hottest areas in the world. Some of the countries located on the earth’s equator are surrounded by desert and the majority of the land consists mostly of sand which does not hold water. There are not enough trees to absorb water during rainy season. In some areas, there is no rain for several years. The temperature is very high during the dry season. Jay W. Sharp states in his article The Sahara Desert, the temperature in desert areas are extremely hot. The average temperature is 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and it can reach 136 degrees Fahrenheit. For example, Sudan, where Nya lives, is generally extremely hot and dry because the country has no forest and is surrounded by the Sahara Desert, the second largest hot desert in the world and covering many countries that include Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and others. Similarly, in the book A Long Walk to Water, Nya finds water every day for the family. During the summer, there is no water in the pond near her village, so she has to move to the big lake. Even at the lake, it is still dried up, too. Because water is essential, she has to dig into the clay to get the water, but it is unhealthy, and it is the cause of disease and death. Nya’s little sister, Akeer, had stomachaches because of drinking unclean water. There are many people who suffer from the same illness, and many of them have died. In these countries in this area, it is hard to find water. Even if it was found, it is still undrinkable
At least 1.2 billion people live in areas of physical water scarcity and another 1.6 billion people confront economical water shortage, that is when the countries do not have the infrastructure to take water from rivers and aquifers (UN http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/scarcity.shtml) as shown in figure 1. Besides the scarcity in drinkable water supply, there are other problems such as water pollution (harming biodiversity of rivers and lakes, and transmitting diseases) and other water usages such as food production, management of human wastes and dilution of pollutants.
“Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans” (Jacques-Yves Cousteau). Africa is a continent surrounded by water, yet many African villages suffer from lack of clean water. With the earth holding more than 7 billion people, water pollution is one of the major causes of human infection and death from such diseases. Because there are so many possible ways to become infected, many humans die from water pollution. In Africa, population is increasing so rapidly, it is forcing more people to live an unsafe life due to the unsanitary waters, such as the Nile River that surrounds them, affecting their education, health, and poverty. Charity: Water and UNICEF are two organizations trying to find a solution to this issue by eliminating and decreasing the amount of unsanitary water infecting the African people today.
In conclusion, water source is one of the most important things in their life. It is the only source that they have and the only source that they depended on the most. Contaminated water can make the villager live with the difficulty because they got the side affect from it which could lead them to death. So, the best way to let them live without hardship is to give their children a better education and the government should be more serious in this.
If we find the statistics of the uses of water like the percentage of water usage, and reason behind the usage of water in some countries, we can determine what, how, and when something can be done to lower water usage. Countries differ greatly between each other, whether it be because of continent position and its location, or cultural aspects, in some cases, it might even be because there is no government to distribute water evenly and fairly to its population. Such is the problem in countries in Africa and Central America, with South America following closely behind the water pollution rate and the poor distribution of clean water.
The water in your home is probably safe to drink, but places like Flint, Michigan have polluted water or no water at all. Two articles “For the World’s Poor, Drinking water can kill” and “After Pollution in Flint, Some Find Tap Water’s Benefits Hard to Swallow” detail events of polluted water or people refusing to drink water because they heard about the problem in Flint. However, there are many similarities and differences between these articles.
In order to prevent current ground water pollution, businesses and residents of New England must be willing to change some bad habits. Pollutants such as bacteria, fertilizers, detergents, fuel, and other everyday household product get disposed into lakes, streams, and rivers causing contamination to the water. Other forms of groundwater contamination come from wells, septic systems, and small disposal pits due to improper treatment. The more people who gain knowledge of groundwater pollution and what causes it will be more likely to change their ways and start taking steps towards bettering their communities.
Fresh, clean, and plentiful water provides the foundation for many communities all around the world. We depend on fresh water to survive, but currently we are heading towards a water crisis, even in California. The changing climate patterns are always threatening lakes, rivers, and even the ocean from melting ice caps, and the key sources that we need for drinking water are being overdrawn or polluted. From severe and frequent droughts to flooding across the world, many of the most profound and immediate and pressing impacts of climate change relates to water. More than one-third of all counties will face high risks of water shortages and problems by 2050 as a result of global warming if it is not stopped. Other serious impacts will include sea level rise, saltwater intrusion into freshwater banks, harm to fisheries because of lack of fish, and more frequent hurricanes and extreme storm events. Somalia, Mauritania, Sudan, and Niger are just some of the nations most heavily affected by the pollution of water and/or not being able to obtain such water. Because water is a necessity for life to be created and to exist, this alarms the international community. These people are forced to drink dirty water that carry diseases and infections and do not have access to fresh water.
Cape Town, South Africa is experiencing a major drought right now. The four million residents are limited to just 13.2 gallons of water a day each. Most people take only 90 second showers, where in America, according to Home Water Works, Americans use about 17.2 gallons in 8.2 minutes, and that’s just in the shower! The causes of this drought include people with gardens and pools, high populations, climate change, and more. Without water, people will have poor hygiene which can lead to health issues, not enough to eat, no water to drink, and some will get run out of businesses and homes.
For as long as vehicles are around, their owners will need washing bays that’s what makes vehicle washes one of the more attractive start-ups out there. Vehicle washing generates a lot of wastewater into our environment which flows into our water bodies or drains into soils. According to Tchobanoglous and Frank (1995), wastewater is said to be water which has been fouled by a variety of uses.
Freshwater is quite scarce, but it is even scarcer than one might think: about seventy percent of all freshwater is frozen in the icecaps of Antarctica and Greenland and is unavailable to humans. Most of the remainder is present as soil moisture or lies in deep underground aquifers as groundwater. It is not economically feasible to extract this waster for use as drinking water. This leaves less than one percent of the world’s fresh water that is available to humans. It includes the water found in lakes, reservoirs, groundwater that is shallow enough to be tapped at an affordable cost. These freshwater sources are the only sources that are frequently replenished by rain and snowfall, and therefore are renewable. At the current rates of consumption, however, this supply of fresh water will not last. Pollution and contamination of freshwater sources exacerbate the problem, further reducing the amount of freshwater available for human consumption. Something must be done if humans want to even survive in the near future: the lack of clean drinking water is already the number one cause of disease in the world today. The first step is worldwide awareness of the water crisis: governments and the citizens they govern worldwide need to know about this problem and be actively involved in solving this problem.
Most people never give attention to the importance of water or the purity of what is provided. Water is a universal necessity, which is becoming a crucial issue in insufficiency. The deficiency is a global crisis around the world, and leads to many detrimental effects. The lack of water affects the entire continent without worldwide knowledge. Water is used in almost every entirety of human life; the careless usage causes profuse issues for living. There are several resources that provide the necessity of water, which are in poor situations in provision. Water scarcity is rapidly becoming a global crisis that is often neglected, but the driving forces, the consequences, and the ability to reduce the problem are crucial to assert.
Water quality is measured by several factors, such as the concentration of dissolved oxygen, the pH level in the water, the salinity of the water or salt content in the water, the temperature of the water and its turbidity or the ability to see through the waters surface, there are also other contaminants that may affect water quality.
Water is one of Earth's most precious resources. It is especially valuable for human beings who need to drink it in order to survive. Everyone needs clean and safe water to drink. In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ensures that bodies of water used for drinking are protected from pollution. It ensures that this water will not be contaminated. This is what they are supposed to do. However, sometimes they look the other way while industrial companies pollute the drinking water. They overlook violations and/or completely ignore the ways that these companies are polluting the water. In this research, I will look at some of the ways that the EPA is ignoring its responsibility to protect drinking water and stopping companies from polluting it.
As of this year, nearly 1.1 billion people live without clean drinking water and 2.6 billion live without adequate water sanitation. The McDonald's down the street, however, will sell you a 1/3 pounder burger for only 150 gallons. Changes in lifestyle can easily reduce this number and help not only save water, but money as well. Currently, with our diminishing water supply, one of the main goals of humanitarian organizations is ensuring that everyone has the right and equality to water. With global access to water, it reduces the responsibility for political tension between countries fighting to literally stay alive.
Waste water is a type of water that is due to the environmental pollution or pollutants influence and it has an unfavorable affects in quality.There are so many techniques used for the management of wastewater.