The amount of fresh water on Earth is quickly decreasing. Although water covers about 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, only a very small percentage of that water is considered freshwater. Humans take water for granted. Once it is gone, we will not survive. As humans, we need to find ways to sustain the fresh water remaining on Earth.
One of the biggest problems related to our shortage of fresh water is pollution. On top of the fact that we already need and use so much of our fresh water, we are actually wasting it and polluting the water. The amount of clean water is declining even faster because we are polluting the water by fertilizing plants, burning fossil fuels, littering, etc. Water pollution is terrible because it is contaminating our drinking water. Pollution is becoming a big problem and it affects us.
Water bottles are becoming a very large issue. People are getting very ill, with cancer and diseases because of water bottles. The plastic melts into the water, making the water toxic. There are currently no regulations for bottled water so we do not actually know what is in that water. Each water bottle takes about a quarter of the bottle of oil to produce it. Many people recycle their water bottles. Unfortunately, only one in six water bottles actually gets recycled. This means that the other five water bottles are just sent to landfills or they end up as trash on land and in rivers, lakes, and oceans.
Water bottles do not only harm humans, but they also harm animals. The modified bottle caps may seem like they are better than the old, big caps. However, they are actually not helping the Earth at all. Instead, manufacturers only decided to make smaller caps to save money. The caps are actually even more harmful than they were before they shrunk. Now, they are small enough for birds to swallow, which is causing the bird population to decrease because the bottle caps are killing them.
Even though many people rely on water bottles, there are other alternatives. Just simply buying a reusable water bottle is enough. The water is a lot cleaner, oil is not being wasted on making the water bottles, and the water bottles do not have to be “recycled”.
...er than the bottled water available for purchase. Also the amount of energy wasted in producing the plastic bottles is not necessary because water is available from every tap in most households.
water increases them” (Document 3). The more bottles needed more fossil fuels will be burned.
When kids by lunch for school or when they buy beverages, kids make the right choice by choosing bottled water. Imagine if kids didn’t have the chance to get bottled water because it was all banned. Kids will go after sugary and unhealthy beverage. That will make kids be obese, and the health care to treat the kids will be rising. Then the U.S obesity rate will rise and our economy will be destroyed. So, don’t ban bottle water, it plays an important role for us. Water is one of the most beneficial resources ever known. You can live without food for a few weeks, but if you don’t have water you can die within days. I think bottle water is better than tap. Bottle water saves lives, and if you ban bottled water why can’t people ban the sugary and unhealthy drinks. Bottle water skeptics might say that all the corruption between bottled water and tap water will be over if banning bottled water because they aren’t being recycled, and plastic is indestructible and that will lead the bottled water to create an even larger landfill. But these people don’t seem to realize that bottle water is a small part of the landfill and it’s not the bottles problem that it isn’t being recycled, it’s the people.
Living in a world that is roughly 70% water, and all living creatures found on this planet depend on this resource whether directly or indirectly, making water quality an important topic and vital to sustain our world of cycles. “Determination of status of water quality of a river or any other water sources is highly indeterminate. It is necessary to have a competent model to predict the status of water quality and to advice for type of water treatment for meeting different demands.” (Bai V, 2009) With most of our water on this planet made of salt water and our constant damage towards the remaining water that can be consumed by humans is diminishing with improper distribution on a global scale. If our greed comes before companionship, and our quality of life is more important than pollution, then our future generations to come will be born into a world of chaos, and a scarce of a basic human necessity.
For ever water bottle made, non-renewable resources are wasted to produce an unnecessary luxury. For the bottled water Americans enjoy, seventeen million barrels of oil are used (excluding transportation), which could fuel more than 1.3 million cars for a year. Most water is imported and exported from places that are thousands of miles away, like Fiji. Although oil is controversial in nature, for every one liter of water produced, three liters are used; the excess water wasted can supply clean water to the world’s poorest countries. Moreover, the energy used in bottle production can supply energy to over 190,000 homes. The resources that can be replaced by ceasing the production of water bottles can solve many global problems faced by a growing population.
Promote social responsibility; recycle scrap water bottles and use recycled plastic in the production of our bottles
In today’s society it is uncommon to see people walking around without water. Those who carry water with them either have their water in a reusable bottle or have bought bottled water. Bottled water is the more commonly found type of water carried around, reason being that it is easy to just buy a huge pack so that a person can just grab a bottle a go. The problem with bottled water is that more often than not, the bottle does not get recycled, but instead gets thrown into the garbage. The problem with this is that the bottles end up in a landfill. However, in this past year alone American’s used “about 50 billion plastic water bottles” (Ban The Bottle, n.d., Para. 4). Most people do not see the big difference between bottled water and tap
Water is on of the most precious natural resources that exist on our planet. “It is delivered from the atmosphere in the form of rain, snow, hail, fog, and condensation and returns to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration” (Hannigan 1969). Although many of us love activities that have to do with water, we disregard it and pollute out rivers, lakes and oceans. Slowly but surely we are going to harm out planet till no return. Protecting and conserving nature will secure a better future. 71% of earth is covered with oceans. Sounds like a lot right? Imagine ...
The way humans are using water is not sustainable. Water aquifers underground are being dried up daily. Once an aquifer reaches a certain low, it may or may not be able to come back. So, basically, water is being taken out of aquifers at a faster rate than which it can replenish itself (Sin aqua non; Water). Although, a lot of water that comes from aquifers is used for drinking, most of the water being used is for irrigation of crops. The water used for irrigation has created great gains for the agriculture and food industry. This water has been used to create food security. However, it is being threatened by other businesses that use it for industrial purposes (Hanjra). Once these aquifers and the other sources of water dry up, there will be no more accessible water. Not knowing when the water levels become too low is a major issue; however, if they are being used resourcefully, there should not be a reason to agonize over the levels. The Economist explains that diets are one of the main causes for water scarcity.
Being convenient enough for everyday use and even tasting better to some, plastic bottles are a popular way of consuming beverages. They are convenient and to some people, can even taste better. However, the process of manufacturing and transporting the millions of bottles produced is detrimental to the environment. Continued use of plastic bottles could exponentially hurt the planet. Given all the negative effects that come from plastic, why are people still participating in this poisonous cycle?
Clean and safe drinking water resources are becoming scarce as the population grows. The world is facing many problems, but the most important thing needed to survive, is water. Water is getting low in many countries, therefore residents are suffering the misfortune of not having the reliable source of clean water. Today many countries are having water shortages meaning rivers, lakes, streams and groundwater are not enough to rely on for supplying water demands. For example, California is facing a drastic water shortage, the natural water resources are not enough to fulfill their water demands.
Water is our main source of our life. We need it to live, drink, bathe,
Freshwater in the world makes up only a small portion of the water on the planet. While the percentage of water in the world is nearly 70%, only 2.5% is consumable. Even further, only 1% is easily accessible to basic human needs. According to National Geographic, “by 2025, an estimated 1.8 billion people will live in areas plagued by water scarcity, with two-thirds of the world's population living in water-stressed regions as a result of use, growth, and climate change.” With this current trend, water will become more immersed in environmental, economic, political, and social changes.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, 60% of human body is composed of water and 70% of the brain is made up of water. Every day, we need to drink about 2.4 liters of water to replace the water lost in our daily activities. We do have enough water on the earth but we don’t have enough freshwater supply. The earth is covered by 70% of water but only 1% of that is freshwate...
Water is an irreplaceable natural resource on this earth which comprises marine, estuarine, fresh water (river and lakes), ground water across coastal and inland areas. Even though there is huge water resource in this world, about 97% of water is salt water (marine) only 3% is fresh water. And in this small fraction of fresh water a major part is in the form of ice in polar region. So just 0.003% is in the form of ground water and surface water which we can use.