Water is a human right‚ not a commodity. It is the essence of life‚ sustaining every living being on the planet. Without it we would have no plants‚ no animals‚ no people. However‚ while water consumption doubles every twenty years our water sources are being depleted‚ polluted and exploited by multinational corporations. Water privatization has been promoted by corporations and international lending institutions as the solution to the global water crises but the only one’s who benefit from water
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Global Water Scarcity - Problems And Solutions Posted: 23.12.2009 author: Tater‚ Prof. Dr. Sohan Raj Importance of Water Water is a source of life of every living organism. Without water living beings cannot survive their lives. There is 60% water in human gross body. It is a natural resource that sustains our environments and supports livelihood. Water is the blue gold‚ and that future wars will be fought for water. So‚ not a single drop of water received from rain should be allowed to escape
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“conserve water” and lately‚ everyone seems to be saying it! We had several NGOs disturbing us by distributing pamphlets about conserving water. Aiming that crumpled pamphlet to the waste basket‚ I used to wonder “Why are they wasting paper in the name of saving water?” After hearing NGOs blaming the government‚ I had resigned to the notion that “water conservation” is an issue that the government should take care of. It looked like the world is conspiring to make me feel guilty of wasting water‚ when
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Water is our past. Water is our future. Without it‚ we cannot survive‚ and there are no alternatives. Many people have likened the issue of water scarcity to our current economic struggle over petroleum. Without petroleum‚ we can’t drive our cars‚ and maybe we have to walk to school or work. This is not the case for water‚ as we are not dealing with simple inconveniences (as grandiose as they may be)‚ we are dealing with the issue of sustaining life itself. The global lack of abundance of usable
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increasing population and rapid economic growth as well as lax environmental oversight have increased water pollution. Therefore‚ deterioration of drinking water quality continues to be a major problem. Continuous emissions from manufacturing are the largest contributor to lowered drinking quality across the country. China’s major river systems exhibit the scope of the problem. Perhaps 70 percent of their water is so polluted that it has been deemed unsafe for human contact. In addition to untreated sewage
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Topic: Tap Water vs. Bottled Water Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that tap water is as safe as or safer than bottled water Central Idea: With bottled advertise and claim to be from pure sources‚ tap water can have alike or better quality sources of drinking water than bottled water. INTRODUCTION Attention-getter: Bottled water has become the indispensable item in our lives. It starts the day in lunch boxes; it goes to every meeting‚ lecture hall‚ and soccer match; it ’s in the cubicles
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lagao toh dar jayegi‚ Upar laoge toh mar jayegi Meaning: Fish is the queen of water‚ whose life is water; It is scared of the touch and out of water it shall perish This is not just true for fish‚ but for any life on the earth. The biosphere with its fauna and flora owes its existence to water. In the solar system it is only our earth that is credited with water‚ that too just 1% of the entire water‚ that is potable. It is therefore a gift and a coincidence‚ too. Man has therefore a
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Essay’s topic: Water scarcity is one of the key environmental issue of our time. Identify some major causes of water scarcity and describe two solutions. Water plays an important role in developing and maintaining healthy ecosystems. However‚ water scarcity is an increasing and widespread phenomenon in many countries in the world. Water scarcity refers to either the lack of enough water or lack of access to safe water. The shortage of water is turning out to be more pressing than prediction. This
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9/19/2014 Water scarcity - Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Water scarcity From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Water scarcity is the lack of sufficient available water resources to meet the demands of water usage within a region. It already affects every continent and around 2.8 billion people around the world at least one month out of every year. More than 1.2 billion people lack access to clean drinking water.[1] Water scarcity involves water stress‚ water shortage or deficits
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presentation: Should Victoria be more cautious of the water conditions in Australia? As you all should know Australia has been going though one of the toughest droughts in history. It is one of the biggest battles we have had to face; it is turning into such a crisis we have been on water restrictions stage 3 since the start of this year‚ January the first. We are asked to work together to save water for our country. Ways of saving water are; v Install a three star rated efficient shower
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