SOLUTIONS TO WATER SCARCITY

SOLUTIONS TO 

WATER SCARCITY

The average person needs a minimum of 20 liters of water a day to drink and wash. 1.1 billion only have 5 liters, and the water is contaminated. Individual Europeans use about 200 to 300 liters of water a day: Americans, 575 liters. In England, the average citizen uses up 50 liters of water a day just from flushing the toilet.

Four out of every ten inhabitants of the earth lack appropriate sanitation. The above-mentioned report also discovered that millions of people must go to the bathroom on the side of the road, in plastic bags (called flying toilets), or in waterways.This constitutes a serious health risk, contaminating drinking water. Apart from its lethal effect on children, the lack of clean water and sanitation severely endanger the general health of a population. About half of the inhabitants of the developing countries suffer from health issues related to water.

Clean water and sanitation decisively reduced mortality rates in the United States and England. It is estimated that the drop in the mortality rate in the US during the first three decades of the 20th century, as well as the increase in life expectancy by 15 years in England between 1880 and 1920, were caused by a greater access to clean water, and the expansion of sanitation systems.

How can we justify the condemnation of a large portion of the human race to these kind of mortal risks in the 21st century? The issue has much more to do with apathy than water scarcity. With only 10 billion dollars we could cut the deficit in clean water and sanitation around the world in half by 2015. 10 billion dollars is less than 5 days of military expenditure, and less than half of what developed countries spend per year on mineral water.

While drilling a well can be easy, delivering water and sanitation solutions that are sustainable in the long haul is not and involves a number of important components. 

Use less water

Think about it, when you are showering, a 10 minute shower is about 20 gallons of water wasted. Try and only use water for the things you really actually need it for.

Solar powered treatment

Using energy efficient treatment is not only more natural, but also cheaper, which is good because we are using less money for individuals, and more for everyone!

Improve irrigation and agricultural practices

The #1 irrigated crop is... Grass. From front lawns. The idea is stupid and so we should get rid of extensive and unnecessarily large front lawns. We should also consider eating less (not none, just less) meat because that takes thousands more gallons to get from farm to fork. - keycha1nM

There are some methods of agriculture and irrigation that use a lot of water, but some don't realize there are ones that are more conservative for water usage.

Invent new water conservation technologies

There is the future and who knows what will come out as a good invention! The main idea is to overall conserve more clean water without loads of money getting put in.

Make more well-digging companies

Water recycles itself on earth so water conservation is a waste of money. Just dig more wells.M

The more wells the better because there will be more available water. -

Recycle wastewater

Recycling water water is good because we can save more water. - CoolCat999M

Appropriately price water

Water these days are sometimes a bit overpriced, and cheaper water can help those in need.

Reduce pollution

AN issue with scarcity is not that they don't have water, it's that they don't have clean water. Reducing pollution can ensure more safe water with less deaths of infections that come from dirty water. - CoolCat999M

We should also stop fracking. That takes a ridiculous amount of water with not enough benefits. - keycha1nM

Educate people on issue

The more people who know about it, the more unity we have to decrease the issueThis seems to be the best solution for many topics including this one.M

Put more sewage treatment plants worldwide

Installing more sewage plants can help filter out areas that only have unsafe water, and make it

Prof. John Kurakar