Water Controversies Boil Over By Mat Weiser Summary

Everyone needs water. Although not even has clean safe water to; shower,clean,and drink. In this article “Water Controversies Boil Over” by Mat Weiser, he explains the conflict between nations about water. Mat believes that we all should share and no one should own water. We all must be the owners. I agree with this because. Weiser tells us that Fights between country for small portions of water occur everywhere around the world. Weiser explains that everyone can be supplied for everyone and no will be left out but the more factor can come to play when we think how we can sustain it. Lastly Weiser defines a quote said by Achim Steiner, director of the U.N. Environmental program.

All countries will always come to some type of disagreement. That isn't anything new. Weiser tells us “Fights over water-some small, some as large as California-are occurring across the globe….Solving these conflicts… requires us to accept that water does not belong to anyone. It belongs to all”. This is telling us that water is everyone's not just governments or the country but everyone. No one should have a say in whether we can drink water from a certain place that

People need it in order to survive . Weiser says, “ There is probably enough fresh water available to meet human needs, despite the climate change and population growth”. This shows us that even though the temperature may be rising and the population, it still can't stop us all from having fresh clean water. Our one big problem is conserving water, in my opinion. I see ads for conversing water, telling us what we can do to save water. Even schools they tell us the save water. As soon as people realize that we all can have water, I think they will make the change to stop using so much water. Some examples of water conservation can be; Taking less time in the shower (appx. 5-10 mins), Turn off water we not necessary, etc. Change will be made and we all can have