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In the United States water is withdrawn at staggering amounts in order to sustain its ever-growing population. For decades, water use, and consumption in the United states has outgrown its ecological footprint. Water use and consumption can be defined differently. Water use is also referred to as water withdrawal is defined as water diverted or withdrawn from a surface water or ground water source. Consumption of water is described as water use that has been permanently depleted from the environment because it was used for products or crops, or consumed by livestock or people . ("Water Use, Withdrawal and Consumption”). Water is considered a renewable resource only if it has the opportunity to replenish its supply. Because of the high demand for consumer goods, food, and livestock, irrigated water consumption has risen to a point where it is not able to replenish it self. Irrigation related consumption is the major culprit in draining of underground aquifer, lake and rivers.
Because our bodies are made up of 70% water, it is essential that we have clean safe drinking-water in order to survive. Unfortunately, access to safe drinking water is not always possible in poor and underdeveloped nations and regions of the worked. The lack of drinking-water worldwide is one the caveats of human development. By 2010 it was estimated that 780 million people lacked access to a safe supply of water to use for drinking, cooking and washing. This issue largely stems from politicians inability to fund programs that will insure the safe deliver of safe water to area that need it the most. Fortunately, over the last twenty years, this issue has become the focus of the United Nations and several dedicated human rights organization. This new initiat...

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...s (Sohns, and Crowder 90-101). However, I think that CMSPs should draw more attention to the increased acidification of the world’s oceans. As I mentioned earlier the degradation of the oceans ability to process carbon dioxide is paramount if we are to perpetuate as a society.

Works Cited

Postel, Sandra. "Sustaining Freshwater and its Dependents.” State of the World 2013: Is Sustainability Still Possible? :a Worldwatch Institute Report. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2013. 75-89. Print.
Sohns, Antonia, and Larry Crowder. "Sustainable Fisheries and Seas: Preventing Ecological Collapse.” State of the World 2013: Is Sustainability Still Possible? :a Worldwatch Institute Report. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2013. 90-101. Print.
"Water Use, Withdrawal and Consumption." GRACE Communications Foundation. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Apr. 2014. .

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