The Pros And Cons Of Desalination

Water is one of the most important resources that we as a species need in order to survive. Although it is abundant on earth, only a few bodies of this precious resource are considered drinkable. According to the World Wildlife Fund, about 1.1 billion people lack access to water (2015). Everyday we use water, whether it’s for drinking purposes, going to the bathroom, and many other daily tasks. However, people have abused this privilege in having access to water. Water is unknowingly squandered by situations such as pollution, drought, or straight up negligence in our own homes. If we, as a society do not take any action at all, then our water supply will surely plummet leaving us to live in a catastrophic world. So what can we do to prevent
According to Talbot, there are currently around 16,000 desalination plants in the world (2014). Although a con to this method involves needing a lot of energy, the benefit in having these desalination plants is that it gives saline or salt water a better purpose rather than it being an undrinkable source. Also, it helps countries that do not have a lot of access of large bodies of freshwater and rainwater, such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Algeria. The method is now being adapted into the U.S. in order to fix problems such as the recent California drought.

With these solutions, water can be conserved efficiently because for the first method, it’s easy enough to do as an individual. Also for the second method which were about “shade balls”, it will make a great difference in saving water because if it didn’t exist, then the droughts would’ve gotten worse making it harder to live in those conditions. And finally for desalination, it is a great method for giving access to clean water. These methods have shown that if used, then the water that is left in our world may actually be saved if we took it to our