Water Shortage In Brazil Essay

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INTRODUCTION
One child dies every 90 seconds somewhere in the world due to no water or contaminated water. I was shocked to hear this statistic and decided to research the reasons why water, the main fuel for life on Earth is in short supply. Seventy percent of the world’s water is in the ocean. Out of the remaining water only 3% is drinkable and 1% is available for drinking. As Brazil has more water than any other country in the world. Amazing, despite having considerable water reserves, Brazil is experiencing water shortages. I have selected Afghanistan as a country that has the world’s worst water supply, mainly due to ongoing war that has destroyed the countries infrastructure for fresh water and sanitation. It is predicted that by 2050 there will not be adequate water supplies for the world population. …show more content…

There are around 201 million people in Brazil.
Sao Paulo is a city with 11 million people using 180 liters per person daily, or a total of 2 billion liters per day. A rate 50% higher than Germany. The city was not built to accommodate the current water requirements. Sao Paulo suffers from poor planning and failing infrastructure with the government falling behind in upgrades and maintenance of piped dams and transmission lines
40% of tap water is wasted due to leaky old pipes, fraud and illegal access. The government is working to fix the problems, which have been compounded by recent events of 2 dams at the iron ore mine cutting drinking water completely and contaminating water ways down stream with a toxic orange sediment that environmentalists fear could destroy the eco system long term
Environment minister Izabella Teixeira called it an “environmental catastrophe” and 9 people where killed in the

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