With our everyday lives, we take showers, cook, clean, and drink with water. We may not think about it much, but water is very vital to life. Roughly about 70-71% of the planet is covered by water, but only about 2.5% of that water is fresh water. The global water crisis is a major problem in the world and we are not doing much to conserve the water we have. The world is in a high demand of water, yet there is not much water available to meet the needs.
The population growth is increasing so fast that this is also a problem with water scarcity. Most poor countries suffer from the contaminated water. These countries are now able to start developing ways to have safe and reliable water as a source.
As we all know, the earth’s surface is mostly …show more content…
We also need water to help grow crops for food and water for the animals. Agriculture does require a large amount of water to make food possible for us. Many countries suffer from water scarcity and although it may seem very difficult to solve this problem, there are some solutions that would help out. Some solutions could be recycling water, transferring water, rainwater harvesting and catchment, and so much more. Water scarcity is a major problem in the world and affects many people. Something should be done to find ways to help this …show more content…
The shortage of water, specifically drinking water is a problem many countries suffer from. Some countries suffer from the shortage of water because of the population growth. Due to the larger amount of population growth, it is causing the resources to become very scarce. Not only do humans need water for basic needs, we need water for agricultural purposes. For agriculture, freshwater is used for the irrigation of crops and to feed the animals. With agriculture it is possible that they suffer from a shortage of water because of the amount of water that is used for this purpose. “The aim of water harvesting is to mitigate the effects of water shortages to cover domestic and agricultural needs. In terms of upgrading rainfed agriculture, water harvesting can be categorized by improving infiltration of rainwater into the soil, prolonging the duration of soil moisture availability in the soil, and store surface and subsurface runoff for later use (Yazar, A., et al)” this explains how rainwater is a great way to improve the agricultural situation. Rainwater harvesting can be beneficial to many water related situations. In some countries they suffer from high amounts of arsenic in their water source. For example; in Bangladesh, they rely on groundwater or surface water as their source of drinking water. In Bangladesh, where 20 million people are at the risk of drinking water
The population growth is increasing so fast that this is also a problem with water scarcity. Most poor countries suffer from the contaminated water. These countries are now able to start developing ways to have safe and reliable water as a source.
As we all know, the earth’s surface is mostly …show more content…
We also need water to help grow crops for food and water for the animals. Agriculture does require a large amount of water to make food possible for us. Many countries suffer from water scarcity and although it may seem very difficult to solve this problem, there are some solutions that would help out. Some solutions could be recycling water, transferring water, rainwater harvesting and catchment, and so much more. Water scarcity is a major problem in the world and affects many people. Something should be done to find ways to help this …show more content…
The shortage of water, specifically drinking water is a problem many countries suffer from. Some countries suffer from the shortage of water because of the population growth. Due to the larger amount of population growth, it is causing the resources to become very scarce. Not only do humans need water for basic needs, we need water for agricultural purposes. For agriculture, freshwater is used for the irrigation of crops and to feed the animals. With agriculture it is possible that they suffer from a shortage of water because of the amount of water that is used for this purpose. “The aim of water harvesting is to mitigate the effects of water shortages to cover domestic and agricultural needs. In terms of upgrading rainfed agriculture, water harvesting can be categorized by improving infiltration of rainwater into the soil, prolonging the duration of soil moisture availability in the soil, and store surface and subsurface runoff for later use (Yazar, A., et al)” this explains how rainwater is a great way to improve the agricultural situation. Rainwater harvesting can be beneficial to many water related situations. In some countries they suffer from high amounts of arsenic in their water source. For example; in Bangladesh, they rely on groundwater or surface water as their source of drinking water. In Bangladesh, where 20 million people are at the risk of drinking water