Essay On Australia's Water Crisis

The majority of Australia’s population lives near the coast, this is because the interior of the island is rough, hot, and dry. Water sources there are scarce, and many people have lost their lives when traveling across the rough dry terrain. They did not properly plan for the amount of water they might need in their travels, and when unforeseen events occurred they did not make it to their destination in time before running out of water.

In early 2005, the city of Toowoomba, Australia was facing a future water shortage issues as its reservoir was drying up. In an attempt to stop this from happening, the city was working to find a solution and Mayor Di thought she had one. Her idea was to recycle the water they used. The city, however, did not support this idea as they did not want to drink or use dirty sewage water.

When Mayor Di proposed her idea, she underestimated how people would react to such a new concept in regards to cleaning water. People could not wrap their heads around how sewage water would actually be able to be cleaned and restored to safe drinking water. Now days, it is possible to take the dirtiest water on Earth and purify it. All it takes is some energy, effort, and money. The hard part is actually convincing people that the water is clean, which is known as the “toilet to tap” conundrum. What only a few …show more content…
Water can hurt us and water can save us. It is totally unpredictable. It is a source of everything we do on a daily basis. As water itself is fickle, we respond in a fickle manner. We only change our behavior in times of needs, times when water is scarce. As soon as the crisis passes, we continue on with our original activities and actions. We need to change our attitudes. The problems surrounding water scarcity can be solved, but we must stop overlooking them and begin to take action sooner rather than