Environmental Water Crisis
Bianca Rozenblad | The Human Connected Water Crisis | Energy & the environment Action Plan | | Bianca | 4/12/2012 |
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Bianca Rozenblad
Dr. Schroth
Environmental Action Plan: World Water Crisis
12 April 2012 “I am thirsty” I said last night while I was sleeping. So because I was thirsty I walked two steps to my fridge and got some water out of my water filtered pitcher. Then poured some water into a cup, drank it and fell back to sleep. I did with little effort. Sadly I took that one cup of watered for granted; many people everywhere take water for granted. But, every day this valuable resource is quickly dwindling every decade. According to Global Issues.org, “Some 1.1 billion people in developing countries have inadequate access to water, and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation.” This is a very serious issue. In a world filled with water one would think everyone should be able to get water. But this sadly is not our reality. The reality is our world is suffering a loss of water, this is a bigger issue in poorer countries, but it is slowly making its way into richer countries as well. The lack of water is causing agricultural problems, social problems and environmental problems. The world water crisis is important because it is ultimately killing all people over the world. The sooner we don’t fix it, the longer humanity will suffer, from the lack of one of our most valuable resources.
First Chapter: The Worlds Fight for Water
How could the world ever run out of water? Many people probably ask this question. And right away it’s very easy for people to feel fear, but instead of fearing we need to act and fix this problem. Not only that but countries that the crisis hasn’t hit yet, tend to just sit back, because it is not them being hurt. But that’s not the point we all live on planet Earth, and if such problems are not fixed we will all be hurting. When many people first hear about “world water crisis”, I think it’s safe to say many people
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Bianca Rozenblad
Dr. Schroth
Environmental Action Plan: World Water Crisis
12 April 2012 “I am thirsty” I said last night while I was sleeping. So because I was thirsty I walked two steps to my fridge and got some water out of my water filtered pitcher. Then poured some water into a cup, drank it and fell back to sleep. I did with little effort. Sadly I took that one cup of watered for granted; many people everywhere take water for granted. But, every day this valuable resource is quickly dwindling every decade. According to Global Issues.org, “Some 1.1 billion people in developing countries have inadequate access to water, and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation.” This is a very serious issue. In a world filled with water one would think everyone should be able to get water. But this sadly is not our reality. The reality is our world is suffering a loss of water, this is a bigger issue in poorer countries, but it is slowly making its way into richer countries as well. The lack of water is causing agricultural problems, social problems and environmental problems. The world water crisis is important because it is ultimately killing all people over the world. The sooner we don’t fix it, the longer humanity will suffer, from the lack of one of our most valuable resources.
First Chapter: The Worlds Fight for Water
How could the world ever run out of water? Many people probably ask this question. And right away it’s very easy for people to feel fear, but instead of fearing we need to act and fix this problem. Not only that but countries that the crisis hasn’t hit yet, tend to just sit back, because it is not them being hurt. But that’s not the point we all live on planet Earth, and if such problems are not fixed we will all be hurting. When many people first hear about “world water crisis”, I think it’s safe to say many people
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