Water shortage may be next cause of world war While much attention and debate have been correctly focused on the impending planet-wide oil shortage‚ a far greater calamity awaits us as the reality of the looming global water crisis becomes more apparent. It is not unreasonable to wonder whether the next world war will be fought over oil or water. No resource on Earth is more precious than water. While ongoing events draw our attention to oil‚ we ignore what will become the most serious resource
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the problem of water shortage in Australia. Water is the resource which is under increasing stress for most countries‚ especially for the developing countries. Australia is one of the experiencing typical water shortage countries. In Australia‚ in the recent years‚ water scarcity is a controversial and high-concerned issue since the global warming‚ land desertification‚ population growth‚ increasing use of hydropower and irrigation factors have intensified the water shortage phenomenon and affected
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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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Water Shortage or Water Misuse The United States of America is known for her extreme overuse of everything. Americans see something they want and they simply take it. It was true when the young country pushed westward. The Native Americans were already there‚ but that mattered not; it was wanted‚ so it was taken. It is still true today. Americans as a people see what they want and they take it with very little regard to who had it first or where more might come from. Water is one of those
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IMPORTANCE OF FRESH WATER All living things on Earth need fresh water in order to survive But human beings become ill and may even die if they cannot get pure or clean and are forced to drink polluted water. Human beings can only last 3 day without fresh water. People died of thirst after the cyclone in 1999 because their supply of fresh water from irrigation channels was destroyed form tidal waves. However water is needed for many more purposes e.g. in agriculture and industries‚ but this water does not
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Fresh Water Resources Water - Basic Knowledge Made up of 2 hydrogen and one oxygen We can live without food for 50-60 days‚ but we can only live without water for 1-2 days (3 at most) Water resources are scarce Life without water is why we don’t live on mars Hydrologic cycle Describes the continuous movement and distribution of water on‚ above‚ and below earth’s surface By changing its state‚ water moves among great global reservoirs 3 stages: gas‚ liquid‚ solid (ice) When solid‚ it expands
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California’s Water Shortage Currently California is facing a water shortage. The issue has been addressed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in February. He called for all state agencies to find the way to help in the statewide water shortage. This is California’s third consecutive year of drought and last spring and summer was the worst of the season because it had the lowest amount of water recorded and California’s reservoirs were at their lowest point as well which did not help in the water shortage
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environmental problems‚ such as rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide‚ global warming‚ and pollution‚ are aggravated by the population expansion. Other problems associated with overpopulation include the increased demand for resources such as fresh water and food‚ starvation and malnutrition‚ consumption of natural resources faster than the rate of regeneration (such as fossil fuels)‚ and a decrease in living conditions. However‚ some believe that waste and over-consumption‚ especially by wealthy
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resources water. Industrial growth means an increase demand for water used in production processes and much of the water being used is not being reclaimed. A higher living standard means a greater demand for electricity that is lowering water levels in rivers used for generation. The population growth increases this nation’s basic living need for water. Of China’s 640 cities‚ 300 of them are suffering from inadequate water supplies (News Service Reports). Other issues related to water shortages within
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Recently‚ in the United States‚ there has been a major water shortage due to the lack of rainfall. It is mainly in California and other Western states. According to the U.S. Geological Survey‚ “In 119 years of recorded history‚ 2013 was the dries calendar year for the state of California.” California’s snowpack usually provides about one-third of the water used in Californian farms and cities. In January 2014‚ it measured in at 12%. The water shortage has had many effects of people‚ farming‚ and the economy
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