| Water Scarcity in Africa | ESE1001 Term Paper | | Soh Jing Yi [A0101356U] | 10/25/2012 | | Problem Statement Widespread poverty‚ is one of the most pressing problems that our world today faces‚ especially in the African region‚ where majority of the poorest live and the scarcity crisis is the most severe. The main reason why Africa is unable to escape from the vicious poverty cycle is due to its water issues (The Water Project‚ n.d.). Water is essential for human’s very survival
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facing water scarcity and in India this is a particularly acute crisis. Millions of Indians currently lack access to clean drinking water‚ and the situation is only getting worse. India’s demand for water is growing at an alarming rate. India’s water crisis is predominantly a manmade problem. India’s climate is not particularly dry‚ nor is it lacking in rivers and groundwater. Extremely poor management‚ unclear laws‚ government corruption‚ and industrial and human waste have caused this water supply
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“Tap Water or Bottled Water?” Tap water and bottled water are both good and harmful in their own ways but still we consume both everyday. Tap water is an all around better drink because it isn’t as expensive‚ not harmful to the environment‚ and not harmful to the human body. Statistics say that in 2008 they found 38 different contaminants in 10 different brands. Bottled water is also dangerous to our environment. People will not recycle the water bottles and the bottle will end up in our lakes‚
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Importance of Water The water that we consume today is the same water since pre historical period .The importance of water has not changed; the only difference now is the purity and efficiency of it. Barbara Kingsolver‚ a famous American writer‚ explains the problems concerning water in her article‚ “Fresh Water.” Humans’ inclinations to excessively use natural assets have caused climate change and drought in many parts of the world‚ making it difficult for many people to access clean and fresh water. While
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The Right to Access Clean Water Only 2% of earth’s water is available for human consumption because 98% of the earth’s water is frozen in ice caps‚ flowing in the ocean‚ and even in animal bodies‚ etc. More than a billion people have no decent water supply‚ adding to that about 2.4 billion people do not have proper sanitation; therefore more than 60% of global illness is linked to the lack of healthy water. Water is a natural source of nature and access to clean water should not be used as a traded
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Have you ever dropped oil on your hands and tried to wash it off? What happens? Does the water slide off? Or what about when a drop of oil falls in a glass of water? Why does it float to the surface‚ and not mix? The answer to this is simple: polarity. What exactly is polarity? A polar bond is when there is a difference in electronegativity‚ which means the tendency of an atom to attract a bonding pair of electrons. When two atoms are bonded together and one attracts more electrons‚ this results
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Overview The current financial crisis has raised questions about the legitimacy of capitalism. Ethi cal failures certainly played a role. While it remains to be seen whether and how many people blatantly broke the law‚ there are abundant signs of various forms of potentially unethical behavior. These include greed‚ unreasonable amounts of le verage‚ subtle forms of corruption (such as ratings agencies that appear to have had a conflict of interest)‚ comple x financial instruments that
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Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Ownership and Establishment Performance∗ Laura Alfaro† Harvard Business School and NBER Maggie Chen‡ George Washington University July 2011 Abstract We examine the differential response of establishments to the recent global financial crisis with particular emphasis on the role of foreign ownership. Using a worldwide establishment panel dataset‚ we investigate how multinational subsidiaries around the world responded to the crisis relative to local
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the Harmful Effects of Water Pollution and can it be Corrected? The Process of Water Sustainability Kylie Shiner English 101 Professor Martin March 15‚ 2014 Tacoma Community College Abstract Water has always been thought of as a definitive renewable resource‚ but after numerous years of overuse and pollution‚ scientists are discovering that there now is a water crisis. Life sustaining rivers and aquifers are drying out. In many poverty stricken areas water is scarce and hard to
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Accessibility to clean water(Problems associated) Vietnam is considered as one of the world’s most populated country in the worth since ranked thirteenth in recent survey. Vietnam has a river count of about 2360 rivers in the country with its length of more than 10km. These rivers serve as important economic values and use. There have been very causes of water pollution which deprives most people in Vietnam access to clean water or even water at all. The ecosystem around Vietnam’s rivers is eventually
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