Water Shortage
“By 2015 half of the world will be short of water” Mohammed Allaf
As the population of the world grows and grows and has reached the 7 billion mark, more and more fresh water is needed for the population to be used for drinking, cooking, washing and all the day to day uses of water. Thus trying to find fresh water has become a major threat because of the heavy consumption and need. And as this happens the poorer countries would be affected the most because of their inability to fund to create factories which would make drinkable water from the sea. This can lead to drought and mass deaths because of the rising costs of water.
This shortage of water is also due to global warming, as the earth is warming up every year, more and more fresh water is being evaporated into the atmosphere both from lakes, river, and glaciers and from snow and ice. An example is the Colorado River basin which supplies 90% of Las Vegas water which has steeply dropped in depth from the past ten years.
I agree with this statement because of three main factors which would really prevent the rich and mainly the poor from accessing safe drinking water; Global warming, population growth and poverty.
Global warming is the gradual heating of the earth by the trapped infrared rays by the thickening ozone layer caused by carbon dioxide emissions. Fresh water stored in lakes, rivers and reservoirs is evaporating due to the rising temperature. This has been a major issue in places such as Las Vegas, a city in a MEDC with high population demand of water where 90% of water it gets is from the Colorado River basin which has dried up more than 40% of its water content in the past 10 years.
Poverty is also another key factor in the water supply the people around the world Lack of water is closely related to poverty. Almost two in three people lacking access to clean water survive on less than $2 a day, with one in three living on less than $1 a day. More than 660 million people without
As the population of the world grows and grows and has reached the 7 billion mark, more and more fresh water is needed for the population to be used for drinking, cooking, washing and all the day to day uses of water. Thus trying to find fresh water has become a major threat because of the heavy consumption and need. And as this happens the poorer countries would be affected the most because of their inability to fund to create factories which would make drinkable water from the sea. This can lead to drought and mass deaths because of the rising costs of water.
This shortage of water is also due to global warming, as the earth is warming up every year, more and more fresh water is being evaporated into the atmosphere both from lakes, river, and glaciers and from snow and ice. An example is the Colorado River basin which supplies 90% of Las Vegas water which has steeply dropped in depth from the past ten years.
I agree with this statement because of three main factors which would really prevent the rich and mainly the poor from accessing safe drinking water; Global warming, population growth and poverty.
Global warming is the gradual heating of the earth by the trapped infrared rays by the thickening ozone layer caused by carbon dioxide emissions. Fresh water stored in lakes, rivers and reservoirs is evaporating due to the rising temperature. This has been a major issue in places such as Las Vegas, a city in a MEDC with high population demand of water where 90% of water it gets is from the Colorado River basin which has dried up more than 40% of its water content in the past 10 years.
Poverty is also another key factor in the water supply the people around the world Lack of water is closely related to poverty. Almost two in three people lacking access to clean water survive on less than $2 a day, with one in three living on less than $1 a day. More than 660 million people without