The Pros And Cons Of Water Conservation

For Shiva, the roots of her argument come from a conflict over two different ideological beliefs. One sees water as a common resource that should be freely available and conscientiously conserved; the other sees water as a market good to be possessed, bought and sold. The market proponents argue that the water crisis can be alleviated by privatizing water: places with more water can sell to places with less water and the higher prices will lead to conservation even though those who control the water.

Destruction of water resources and of forest catchments and aquifers is a form of terrorism. Denying poor people access to water by privatizing water distribution or polluting wells and rivers is also terrorism while drought and desertification are intensifying around the world, corporations are aggressively converting free-flowing water into bottled profits. Water must be free for sustenance, since nature gives us water free of cost, buying and selling it for profit violates our right to nature’s gift. Collective water management and rights were the key to water conservation and harvesting

Also according to the Asia-pacific economics blog. It states that due to chine poor productivity approach puts an inefficient energy allotment due to the fact that the purpose of it was intended for urban population thus it deprives the rural population of this benefit. The waters of the Yangtze 's middle areas will rise by up to 110 meters, thus burying underwater numerous cultural artifacts and submerging the homes of more than a million people and ruining the beautiful gorges