Persuasive Essay On Clean Water

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Water is a basic necessity to every living creature big and small. Access to clean drinkable water is paramount to human and animal existence but whether it is pollution or poverty access to this basic need for some is limited. “For many of us, clean water is so plentiful and readily available that we rarely, if ever, pause to consider what life would be like without it.” According to the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization 783 million people in the world do not have access to clean water, with this many people not having access approximately 6 to 8 million people die each year from water related diseases and disasters. To put it into perspective, 1 out of every 5 deaths worldwide of a child under the age of 5 years old is because of a water related-disease.
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Pollution or poverty in the US can lead to drinking unclean or contaminated water which in turn could lead to symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, cramps, and diarrhea. Here in the United States certain groups are denied access to the basic right of clean fresh water. The US has 155,000 public water systems and the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWRs) are the legally enforceable regulations that guard our water system from becoming unclean. The list of contaminants is long there are many that are caused by human or animal fecal matter including but not limited to Giardia lamblia and E. Coli. These can be introduced through lax sanitation practices, sewer overflows, and improper handling of waste byproducts. The process of disinfecting waste can produce byproducts that can themselves cause pollution and

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