World Area Studies September 20‚ 2013 The Effects That Water Scarcity Has On Education You wake up at seven thirty‚ you’re hungry‚ your stomach hurts‚ and your feet hurt. But you have to get up anyways. You have to go get your families water‚ but its contaminated water‚ you could get sick from this and your family could get sick‚ you miss school because you are the oldest in the family and it’s your responsibility but it’s the only water source where you live. Many children in Kenya are living
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WATER SCARCITY Word Count 1519 Water scarcity is increasing worldwide and dramatically affecting first world nations such as Spain‚ Australia‚ and the United States. All nations are now starting to recognize that the world’s water is a finite resource‚ and that resource is being drastically altered in both availability and quality by development‚ climate change and population growth. In the United States‚ the Colorado River is experiencing rapid declines in volume. Recent studies and data
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Introductory summarry to climate change and water scarcity reasearch According to the World Bank 2004 (cited by Anthony‚ 2007)‚ twenty percent (20%) of people in developing countries have access to safe drinking water‚ the supply of this safe drinking water is insufficient and prices of this water is expensive. Hughes and Mallory (2009) state that there are many countries where demand for water is fast approaching the supply. However‚ according to Hughes and Mallory (2009) countries that are
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consumptions are not equally spread across countries? This pertains to the scarcity of power. The social structure on Earth is not equal‚ and social stratification continues to become more defined. The obvious reason why the environment’s health is being neglected is largely due to economic greed. For instance‚ take China’s environmental disaster of the degradation of the Huai River Basin. The main concern is the contamination of water that nearly 190 million people are forced to drink. This problem is
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of fresh water. A study from International Water Management Institute(2005) Shows that 1.8 billion people lack access to clean drinking water. The issue has drawn widespread attention because water plays an essential role in the survival of all living creatures. This essay will be of value to show such terrible situation had been happen‚ and give the public a warming. This essay intends to explore possible causes of this phenomenon and then analyze propose effects of world water scarcity and‚ thereby
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Nestle I was shocked to learn that Nestle was taking one of Michigan’s most precious natural resource and destroying the area by pumping ground water at an alarming rate even after it became apparent their operations were harming the surrounding property and community. According to Nestle (2014) they are “the world ’s leading nutrition‚ health and wellness company”‚ but when it comes to the health and wellness of the communities they set up the bottling companies Nestle is more concerned with production
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Tong Li Zach Hilpert Focused Inquiry 112 Water scarcity and pollution: Don’t let our tear become last drop of water Years of thoughtless exploitation and consumption of environment by mankind has resulted in the effects staring in our face now. More and more potentially devastating environmental problems come up and affect various nations worldwide. But many people have trouble recognizing why a resource that seems infinite‚ is actually‚ scarce. Humans have already put excessive pressure
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The Solution is in the Tips of our Hands. "We think this water may one day be lost to us forever‚" a phrase said by Mohanbhai G. Patel‚ a hopeless well owner from India mentioned on the essay Water Pressure‚ presented in the book Green. This essay portrays a great understanding of how humans can change the water scarcity problem in remote places‚ such as villages in India and Africa‚ by just spreading their knowledge and showing methods that will decrease the effect of this ceaseless issue.
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WATER OUR LIFELINE Water is a transparent fluid which forms the world’s streams‚ lakes‚ oceans and rain‚ and is the major constituent of the fluids of living things. As a chemical compound‚ a water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms that are connected by covalent bonds. Water covers 71% of the Earth’s surface.[1] It is vital for all known forms of life. On Earth‚ 96.5% of the planet’s water is found in seas and oceans‚ 1.7% in groundwater‚ 1.7% in glaciers and the ice caps of Antarctica
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shortage of water. They are in a severe drought and with having no water‚ it is causing many different problems. China only has one main river that is dangerously polluted and can’t be used for the large population or for industry. There are three main causes of China’s water scarcity crisis‚ industry‚ pollution‚ and population. Of these‚ the biggest driver is population. One reason for China’s water shortage is the industry. The larger the industry grows‚ the smaller amount of water there would
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