Water Pollution: The Shortage Of Water In The World

The shortage of water is a global issue that effects not millions, but billons of people worldwide, it was recently discovered that the perceived water scarcity was wrong instead of affecting 1.7 to 3.1 billon people are short of water for a month out a year is actually 4 billon people. And why is that? Many reasons.

To begin fresh water that we drink, bathe in, irrigate our fields for agriculture is only 3% of the worlds water; the rest as you know is made up of salt water, our oceans. Two- thirds of that fresh water comes from glaciers the rest is unusable and unreachable. We lose out on water from waste, pollution, and republicans hated two words, climate change. 1.1 billion people lack water and from that become ill and die and 2.7 billion

Again why. Well for one most of the worlds wetland have disappeared. It has become such an issue with population growth, improved living standards, changing consumption patterns, and the over expansion of irrigation for agriculture. Now you may think why living standards, why is that causing an issues? Here’s why before the writers of the 18th century deemed that bathing regularly may lead to healthier life people didn’t scrub themselves like we do now. Oh they bathed maybe twice a week and that was the upper middle to wealthy classes. If you were poor, you walked grimy for a bit before you could go to the nearest water way and take a dip. Also using the bathroom, before plumbing there was a pot that sat under your bed were a person would urinate and defecate in. Only the really wealthy had plumbing to take your bodily waste to the nearest water way.

First electricity, energy production uses fresh water to cool equipment, that amount of water is 143 billion gallons a day as of 2005 and by 2035 will increase by 35%. Second we have agriculture 70% of fresh water is used globally 40% in the US, and most is wasted due to inefficient irrigation techniques and the need to feed the world increase about 1 trillion cubic meters as the population climbs 1 billion by 2025. Thirdly we have shelled almonds and walnuts, why you ask? They are among the top three most water-intensive foods. They require an estimated 2,126 and 1,226 gallons of water respectively to produce a pound of food. California’s almond trees cover nearly 1 million acres and consume 1.07 trillion gallons of water per year. The fourth thing is meat products because livestock consume a lot of food a cow can eat thousands of pounds of food during its lifetime so beef needs an about 1,875 gallons of water per pound. Pork and chicken are also among some of the most water-intensive foods at 728 gallons per pound and 293 gallons per pound respectively. The fifth and final thing is manufacture due to all products that you buy requires water during the manufacturing process. It takes 39,000 gallons of water are required to produce a new car including