Water Scarcity In The United States

Due to climate change, water scarcity is developing into a globally pressing environmental problem.
Water scarcity presently affects people most harshly in areas where clean water is not easily accessible. Yet, the United States remains the largest international consumer of water bottles. The semblance of safety offered by water bottles in the commercial American mindset is counterproductive in an era of water treatment. The purification process of plastic-making for water bottles takes over twice the amount of water that the bottled water actually contains- which means the consumption of water bottles wastes more water than what people eventually get to drink. Furthermore, the amount of oil required to produce the plastic for a water bottle