"When the well is dry, we learn the worth of water", Benjamin Franklin. Water; the most fundamental building block for a thriving ecosystem. Out of all the water in the world, only about 2% is freshwater; however, a majority of that water is found frozen in ice caps and glaciers. The available liquid water only takes up about 0.5%, however, most fresh water isn’t used for drinking. According to the Nae Grand Challenges, 1 out of 6 people living today do not have access to water, and more than double that lack basic sanitation. The distribution of fresh water has always been an issue, and now as the world faces a growth by up to 1 billion by 2030, the issue is strained to continue to provide not only safe drinking and bathing water, but also
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Many solutions have come to the table, including a desalination Desalination is extracting the salt from seawater. Desalination is not a new idea and is already used in many regions, particularly in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia alone accounts for about a tenth of global desalination. Israel uses desalination technology to provide about a fourth of its domestic water needs. Modern desalination plants employ a method called reverse osmosis, which uses a membrane to separate the salt. More than 12,000 desalination plants now operate in the world.B ut desalination plants are expensive to build and require lots of energy t technique that would convert saltwater into more freshwater, but many argued this was only depleting the ocean, and would not be an effective choice. Some countries, like Singapore, have begun to recycle resources and reduce water imports by being more self-sufficient, and others creating new inventions that clean waste water for the public. Others have banned throwing waste into freshwater lakes and rivers, including the US. Unfortunately, not all are this disposed to the idea, as the Russian Prime Minister allowed waste discharge into
Many solutions have come to the table, including a desalination Desalination is extracting the salt from seawater. Desalination is not a new idea and is already used in many regions, particularly in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia alone accounts for about a tenth of global desalination. Israel uses desalination technology to provide about a fourth of its domestic water needs. Modern desalination plants employ a method called reverse osmosis, which uses a membrane to separate the salt. More than 12,000 desalination plants now operate in the world.B ut desalination plants are expensive to build and require lots of energy t technique that would convert saltwater into more freshwater, but many argued this was only depleting the ocean, and would not be an effective choice. Some countries, like Singapore, have begun to recycle resources and reduce water imports by being more self-sufficient, and others creating new inventions that clean waste water for the public. Others have banned throwing waste into freshwater lakes and rivers, including the US. Unfortunately, not all are this disposed to the idea, as the Russian Prime Minister allowed waste discharge into