A Water Issue on a Global Scale

Image result for cape town waterWho would have thought that the thing that humans need the most would be scarce in areas of the world: water. There is a huge water crisis going on in the world that involves water scarcity. As a result, places are turning to having severe water rationing, such as Cape Town who gets a 13-gallon water limit per person for a day, which is not enough. Climate change plays a role in all of this by disrupting the water cycle. Big shocker right? There are imbalances of where water should be as well, since there are places with too much water. Many extreme weather events are results of this, such as flooding and hurricanes in many areas, including many recent events in the United States. But also, people play a direct role in this water crisis. Industries, energy companies, and agriculture represents about 80-90 percent of humanity's water consumption, while regular home consumption is only 3 percent.

Of course, people have to create solutions to try and solve this water crisis. Addressing and fixing the issue of climate change could be a start to this. But people can also focus on the direct causes of the water shortages and preventing water scarcity, such as using less water when mass producing goods, growing water-reliant crops in places rich in water, and finding other water sources. This is extremely important for people to understand this issue and to know what is going on. Water scarcity can happen basically anywhere in the world and so much catastrophe can happen when a water crisis occurs.

**ARTICLE LINK** : https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/03/world-water-day-water-crisis-explained/

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