Have you ever heard of people running out of water? Well, that is called Water shortage. Real water shortage isn't just happening to a few people; 2 billion is a closer number. This report is about water shortage in detail.
Clean freshwater is an essential ingredient for a healthy human life, but 1.1 billion people lack access to water and 2.7 billion (30%) experience water scarcity at least one month a year. By 2025, two-thirds of the world's population may be facing water shortages. Libya currently has the greatest water shortage. Libya has a water shortage AND political problems. Even though Libya has the greatest water shortage, Cape Town is going to run out of water first. It will be the first city to completely go dry. Cape Town has 4 million residents and going dry will definitely harm the world economy. By the way, while some cities and countries are running out of water, some are being flooded! One example is Henan, China. Henan Province was flooded in July of 2021. The water trapped commuters in subway tunnels in the city of Zhengzhou, and in the subways, people climbed onto chairs to keep their heads above the water. 12 people still died. Zhengzhou received a year’s rainfall in just three days. That same month, raging waters in Germany’s Ahr Valley scoured farmland into canyons and submerged riverside towns. Herders in northern Kenya today are lamenting the decimation of their livestock as seasonal rains failed yet again to nourish the ochre earth.
A Kenyan farmer after a flood
In February, the Texas freeze, which extended into Louisiana and Mississippi, caused pipes to burst and left millions without water for several days. The water system in Jackson, the capital of Mississippi, was so deeply damaged from the event that it had a boil-water advisory in place for a month.
Academics refer to incidents like these as “compounding” disasters – when, for example, a power outage cripples a wastewater plant that then floods rivers and streets with untreated sewage. Or when heavy rains wash sediment and debris from a fire scorched hillside into a reservoir, clogging a utility’s drinking water intake.
It isn't as easy as you think to get water. You have to drink fresh water for it to be safe, AND it has to be filtered. Six countries alone hold half of the world's fresh water. People in Libya are forced to drink whatever they can find. Many people drink from mud puddles because that is what is available.
Now. Think for a moment and reflect. Are you grateful for water, or do you just drink half a cup and throw the rest away? Try to think about all of the Libyans out there who would love to have just a small sip of clean water that you drink every day! What can you do to change this disaster? For one, you can donate money to places with water shortages, you can donate water to! You can help stop polluting the oceans so the ocean water is safe to drink, and there are many other things you can do! You can dream big like Greta Thunberg, or you can just do small things. If your toilet has flush options with water conserving options, then use it! If not, then I’m sure you will find your own way to conserve water! Every small act helps! This concludes my small report on Water Shortage in the World.
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World Economic forum, In 2021, the water crisis took center stage. Here's how we can adapt. Link To WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
World WildLife: Link to WORLD WILDLIFE
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