Analysis of Water Sustainability in Australia

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Everything, which exists in the world, requires water. Nevertheless, a lot of different places face crucial problems, which arise as the result of the water shortage. There are approximately seven billion of people on our planet Earth. In fact, each of them requires a liter of water per day to live and thrive; however, many of them are currently facing immense shortitudes. Actually, Australia faces serious challenge in getting sustainability as such. It is considered to be the driest populated global mainland. Its water resources are insufficient and have to be studiously controlled. Even though the fresh water is known to be a renewable source, the fact that it is excessively utilized can lead to the general disappearing of water. Australia ranks as 40 out of 188 countries for the issue of water availability (Cocklin & Dibdesn 265). On the one hand, the predominant drought circumstances, which are enhanced by the global warming, depict that the level of water utilization are absolutely unsustainable in Australia. On the other hand, excessive water utilization by heavy industry together with the intensive agro business are provoking irrevocable damage to the frail ecosystem and creating chronic water shortages. Therefore, it is crucial to analyze sustainable water management from the viewpoint of a future green economy. The theoretical framework has to enhance the cognition of how a system of water supervision and accounting can facilitate. The study will analyze the interdependencies of water and the Australian economic system, the correlations of water demand and water supply, and already existing steps implemented for the further development of the water sustainability. The current situation with water sustainability is very c...

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Works Cited

Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE). Sustainable Water Management: securing Australian’s Future in a Green Economy. x, 2012. Web. 7 April 2014.
Chartres, Colin, and John Williams. Can Astralia Overcome its Water Scarcity Problmes. Journal of Developments in Sustainable Agriculture 1 (2006): 17-24. Print.
Cocklin, Chris, an Jacqui Dibdesn. Sustainability and Change in Rural Australia. Sydney: University of New South Wales, 2005. Print.
McKay, Jennifer, and Simon Marsden. Australia: The Problem of Sustainability in Water. The Evolution of the Law and Policies of Water. Ed. Dellapenna, Joseph, and Joyeete Gupta. Springer Netherlands, 2009, 175-188. Print.
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