Water Resources
PDAS: Essay
Contents List:
Introduction……………………………………………………………………..…………p2
What do we need water for………………………………………….………………p2
How much water do we use…………………………………………………………p2
What do we use water for…………………………………………….………………p2
Causes……………………………………………………………………………..……P3-4-5
Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………..………p6
References……………………………………………………………………………..……p6
Water: Why is it the most precious resource and what can be done to preserve and conserve it?
Water is the world’s most precious recourse. We need water for everything. We need it to drink, to wash ourselves, to cook, to feed the plants in the garden and even some of our food lives in water. But we also need it for transport and recreation.
We use it to travel and at the same time for pleasure. We need water every second of the day. We all know the saying “keeping your head above water” which means that you are surviving, you have just enough to live, to get by. But what happens if there is no more water? In certain parts of the world water is already very scarce. Since many years this is a serious problem and it is not getting any better. But what happens if mankind doesn’t do anything about this and lets the situation escalate. How can we solve this problem, and what can we do to use less water?
Many years of research shows us that a human needs 50 liters of water a day to do everything: Cook, wash, drink, …
The average American uses 329 liter water a day and a European uses 122 liter water a day, while in some parts of Africa and Asia they only use 20 liters a day per person.
The water crisis has a great impact on the world. And the main problem is that there is too much contaminated and not safe water. People get sick or die because of this. But also animals and food need clean water! Everything is linked to water. According to the article by Peter Gleick , “…more than one billion people worldwide lack access to safe drinking water...and adequate sanitation”
But how
Contents List:
Introduction……………………………………………………………………..…………p2
What do we need water for………………………………………….………………p2
How much water do we use…………………………………………………………p2
What do we use water for…………………………………………….………………p2
Causes……………………………………………………………………………..……P3-4-5
Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………..………p6
References……………………………………………………………………………..……p6
Water: Why is it the most precious resource and what can be done to preserve and conserve it?
Water is the world’s most precious recourse. We need water for everything. We need it to drink, to wash ourselves, to cook, to feed the plants in the garden and even some of our food lives in water. But we also need it for transport and recreation.
We use it to travel and at the same time for pleasure. We need water every second of the day. We all know the saying “keeping your head above water” which means that you are surviving, you have just enough to live, to get by. But what happens if there is no more water? In certain parts of the world water is already very scarce. Since many years this is a serious problem and it is not getting any better. But what happens if mankind doesn’t do anything about this and lets the situation escalate. How can we solve this problem, and what can we do to use less water?
Many years of research shows us that a human needs 50 liters of water a day to do everything: Cook, wash, drink, …
The average American uses 329 liter water a day and a European uses 122 liter water a day, while in some parts of Africa and Asia they only use 20 liters a day per person.
The water crisis has a great impact on the world. And the main problem is that there is too much contaminated and not safe water. People get sick or die because of this. But also animals and food need clean water! Everything is linked to water. According to the article by Peter Gleick , “…more than one billion people worldwide lack access to safe drinking water...and adequate sanitation”
But how
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