Earth is a planet that is filled with many natural resources that provide everyone the ability to live. Right at this moment there is approximately 6.6 billion people that is living on this planet. One of the most important resource Earth provides to everyone is water. This resource is something essential to everyone’ life. Each of us is made up water and we need water in order to function. There’s two types of pollution in this world. Those two types of pollution is called point sources and non-point sources. Point sources are chemicals and discharge that come out of sewers and factories. While non-point sources are due to agricultural land run offs and automobile oil on the ground. The water becomes polluted because of such harm to the Earth. As a result of pollution, there are third world countries that don’t have the money to support themselves with a water sanitation system should start using money efficient ways to clean their water as best as they can; such as boiling water and chemical treatment for water.
But currently the capability to use water to survive and live doesn’t apply to 20 percent of the 6.6 billion people on this planet. In addition there is another 40 percent of these people who aren’t able to keep their water clean due to the lack of sanitation facilities. Without good sanitation, germs and bacteria are bound to spread faster and deadlier. The water people drink in the third world countries are contaminated and they don’t even know about it sometimes. There are many people who live in the first and second world countries that don’t know how precious water is to the third world countries. Many people don’t understand the suffering someone has to go through when they are dehydrated or in need of water for p...
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...polluted water. Using methods such as boiling water and chemicals to treat water are just some procedures people could do at home but there are more ways to promote sanitation of water such as water filters. With the technology the world is slowly building, one day on this Earth everyone will not have to suffer from the loss of loved ones or the suffer from the hard work to receive water due to low income.
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Admittedly, 2/3 of the world’s population living with water shortages is a scary enough statistic to send a shiver up the spine. Barlow doesn’t stop there however; she goes on to say that only 2 % of the U.S. rivers and wetlands remain untouched. What does that mean for the creatures that lived there? Covered that too, “37% of freshwater fish are at risk of ...
It’s no mystery that having clean water is a fundamental element to living in a prosperous society and one of the few things essential for human survival. Water not only sustains our health, but is required in making everything from electronics to clothes. Clean water may seem as ordinary as putting on your shoes, but it’s a daily party of our life that’s being threatened.
Sickness there is common and many times, water is the cause. “Education is lost to sickness. Economic development is lost while people merely try to survive” (The World Project). Americans go to the sink knowing with a simple flip of the nosil, clean water will magically appear. It is often presumed that clean water is a given and it is never acknowledged that saving water in one country could evidently help another country's water... ...
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This is because only a small part of the population, particularly in developing countries, have access to water of acceptable quality. It is estimated that in some countries only 20% of the rural population has water of satisfactory quality. Based on these statistics, it is clear the urgent need for awareness about caring for water use. Almost without realizing it, we are seriously jeopardizing this essential resource, not for us but for our children's children and their generations, aware that in other parts o...
Pollution comes in many forms. In the ocean we dump a variety of substances, including human wastes, chemicals from fertilizers, oil, and trash such as plastic which all contribute to the growing issue of our ocean pollution. In addition to, our usable waters are finite. More than 97.5 percent of the water on this planet is undrinkable salt water; the remaining 2.5 percent has two-thirds of the usable fresh water locked up in glaciers, snow, and permafrost. Of the one-third of freshwater that is available for human use, 20 percent is used for industrial use. (“Water Pollution”) “In effect, water pollution reduces the volume of water available for use by human and other populations.” (Robin Clarke, Jannet King) Knowing that there are approximately 7.2 billion people and growing on this planet with only 0.83 percent of available for our use wouldn’t you want to do everything possible to help put an end to water pollution? (worldometers)
2. Water pollution. The problem with water is not only over consumption, but also pollution. "More than 95% of urban sewage in developing countries is discharged untreated into the nearest wa...
Clean water is needed for good human and animal health, but as DoSomething.org states, over 1 billion people worldwide don’t have a means of getting clean drinking water, an...
Having clean water to drink means that water must have microbial, chemical and physical characteristics that meet WHO guidelines or national standards on drinking water quality. Around 780 million people in the world don’t have access to clean drinking water (Millions Lack Safe Water). More than 3.4 million people die each year from water, sanitation, and hygiene-related causes. Nearly all deaths, 99 percent, occur in developing countries. Around the world, diseases in unclean water kill about 1,400 children every day (Clean Drinking Water). There are many organizations that raise money in order to help develop ways or create ways for people to obtain clean drinking water. However, many people are unaware that this is even a problem in other countries because we take clean water for granted.
Many of these in later years shall need to be addressed as tension rises: Saving and consumption of water Improving drinking water supply Increasing access to clean water supply Decreasing tension between war-ing nation over resources With the population expected to rise 40-50% within the next 50 years, the demand for water in Agricultural needs and Environmental needs will rise as well, creating a more desperate water crisis. Developed countries struggle with managing water consumption. Our high demand in agriculture, industry, and domestic use further complicates this issue. With increasing urbanization and extravagant changes in lifestyle, our use and wasting of water will only increase.
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There isn’t a lot we can do to help out people in other countries although their is an estimated price on helping half the countries that need water, 23 billion US dollars. If we take in the fact of how many countries and deaths are accounted for, 23 billion dollars isn’t allot of money judging by the problem at hand. The U.N does already contribute 16 billion US dollars a year although the problem rises every year because our earths water supply is slim. My aim with this assignment is to prove that water problems doesn’t just affect third world countries it affects the entire earth, and that in third world countries there sanitation is very dangerous for their health as water becomes scarce. I believe that to solve this problem we first need to increase easy access water supplies to third world countries then we can focus on easier access in rural areas because out of the 1.1 billion people who don’t have access to an easy water supply 84% live in rural areas. In conclusion I believe that if we solve the problem of water and sanitation in third world countries and our own country it will help us and it will also help other aspects of the human
Many people around the world need water. Around 780 million people are unable to get clean water (One Billion Affected). People who do have access to clean water in their homes, have to pay a fee. The people who struggle to live obviously do not have enough money to buy water. People who are unable to have clean water have a good chance of dying either from disease or from dehydration. At least 3.4 million people die a year from water problems such as sanitation (One Billion Affected).
The history of water purification started off in ancient Greek in the 2000B.C. people at the time used to boil water in order to purify it. There were also filtration and straining methods which helped to reduce visible particles and turbidity in water. However, due to the lack of knowledge in the chemical area, almost no process was taken to remove the harmful chemical contaminants. In fact, the purpose of water purification at that time was purely to make it smell and taste better. They believed if the water taste good to the mouth, it must be safe, clean and healthy. Therefore the Gr...