2009+World+History+Final+Project+D+Minhee

= What is the world's water crisis = =and how can we prevent it? =   

"If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water." LORAN EISELY, The Immense Journey, 1957 ( Loran Eisely "more water quotes") media type="custom" key="3907019"



=Table of Contents =

 
 * Intro
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Facts
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Cause and Effect
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Solving the Problem
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Conclusion
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sources <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 232, 124);">

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=<span style="display: block; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia,serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;">NEWS FLASH = media type="file" key="My Song 2.m4a"

=<span style="display: block; color: rgb(255, 144, 0); font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">INTRO =

<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The <span style="color: rgb(48, 255, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> **water crisis** <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> is a **<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 15); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">global **<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> problem referring to water on **<span style="color: rgb(0, 66, 255); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> human demand **<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. In the busy bombarding lives we live today, it is hard to believe that water is **<span style="color: rgb(0, 12, 250); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">precious **<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. We use it everyday, every minute, and expect it to never run out. But in fact, **water is the most valuable resource in the world and is very fragile.**

Unfortunately, drinking water shortages are becoming more common throughout the world. The government is <span style="color: rgb(0, 12, 255); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">**losing** <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">the war to change the current water situation. Water shortages has been more and more frequent and is one of the leading causes of **<span style="color: rgb(240, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">deaths **<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> in the world today. People in nations such as India, Africa, and parts of Europe, South America and China are hit the hardest by the water terrible shortage. Fresh water is becoming rapidly scarce and this obvious a global issue which everyone should address. In India, water availability is expect to drop by 44% by 2050. The reason for this maybe the growing world populations with higher demand as well as more pollution. This problem however, has been overshadowed by the looming food shortage and oil issues. I believe that the world's water crisis should be at the top of the list because it effects more then just people.

The world is obviously becoming <span style="color: rgb(255, 20, 20); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">**THIRSTIER.**

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If you think about it, the water shortage today shouldn't be a problem. Water like energy is**<span style="color: rgb(240, 90, 0);"> stable ** and continuously **<span style="color: rgb(255, 131, 15); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">recycles ** itself. The water cycle is a cycle where water is shown to be used and used again. Though individual molecules come and go, water is balanced.The water cycle shows that all the water that is used comes back. Then shouldn't we have the same amount of freshwater?
 * You may ask why do we even have a global water crisis?**

<span style="color: rgb(20, 255, 60);"> -BBC NEWS (Black, Richard "Water - another global 'crisis'?")
 * Primary Resource**
 * **"Among people who study human development, it is a widely-held view that each person needs about 20 litres of water each day for the basics - to drink, cook and wash sufficiently to avoid disease transmission.**
 * Yet at the height of the East African drought, people were getting by on less than five litres a day - in some cases, less than one litre a day, enough for just <span style="color: rgb(125, 41, 255);">three glasses of drinking water and nothing left over."**

The CAUSES

The CONSEQUENCES

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 * We could...**
 * Extract some of the seawater and pump it into low chamber rooms to receive the freshwater. They boil the water and as the water evaporates it filter outs the salt. But this is highly expensive and most developing nations cannot afford this type of solution.
 * Melt some of the frozen glaciers from polar caps to obtain some of the freshwater. But this solution is not realistic. Global Warming is already melting the glaciers for us melting all of Antarctica is not the way to go. Besides that the glaciers would probably melt before they even get to the Southern Hemisphere.
 * Find aquifer layers to use to extract freshwater underground. Aquifer layers are rocks that contain water in them, far beneath the surface of the ground. Reaching and extractting the water would mean that everyone would be able to access drinkable water. You can imagine that cost of this could be. Besides the costly money it also lowers the table water, Even if we do reach the water the aquifer layers will not renew themselves fast enough. ( Despite these drawbacks. Some nations are already doing this for a solution. )

Although the future looks grim there is still <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">**hope**

Many people use water as a reusable resource. Well, it's not. As our supply our water dwindles the public should start with knowing that it is dwindling. Therefore they could preform tasks to prevent the water from running out. The UN is already doing this. "The UN General Assembly designated March 22 as World Water Day to draw attention to the critical lack of clean drinking water worldwide. The world water crisis is one of our most pressing public health issues, with 20% of the world's population (or 1.1 billion people) lacking access to safe drinking water and nearly two thirds of those people live in Asia. 2.2 million people died from drinking unsafe water in 2004 and 90% of those were children." <span style="color: rgb(1, 249, 49);"> (JC Jones MA RN "World Water Day 2007: 4500 Children Die Daily" )
 * **EDUCATE THE PUBLIC**

<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This is something everyone can do. By developing better habits people will use less energy and contribute to the overall progress of the water **<span style="color: rgb(8, 0, 255); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">crisis **<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. [|More tips]<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> media type="youtube" key="Ic_V0u_9vGY" width="425" height="350" How many of you don't turn off the faucet when brushing your teeth? It wastes water, and energy. Please don't let the water running.
 * **CULTIVATING EARTH FRIENDLY HABITS**

<span style="color: rgb(255, 61, 61); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">**Stop.** <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Just don't do it. Polluting the environment will ultimately effect you. It pollutes the precious earth's freshwater and the environment as well. Pollution means less water to drink. Less water means more thirsty people. More thirsty means a bigger problem.
 * <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">**STOP POLLUTING**

Lets face it. Numbers show that we are wasting a lot of money on useless things <span style="color: rgb(18, 245, 0);"> (Team Treehugger "Water Conservation Facts: By the Numbers" )
 * **WE SHOULD MANAGE OUR SUPPLIES BETTER**[[image:petbottles.jpg align="right" caption="wasteful"]]
 * 1) **$35 billion:** the amount of money spent on bottled water in the most developed countries in the world.
 * 2) **1.5 million:** Barrels of crude oil used for making PET water bottles, globally. This is enough oil to fuel 100,000 American cars for a year.
 * 3) **2.7 tons:** The amount of plastic used to bottle water. 86 percent become garbage or litter.

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 * EVERYTHING** on earth is mostly made up of water. It makes up our oceans, rivers, and seas. It takes up more than 70% of our body. In other words if you were to round up; people are water. Many people fail to realize this considering the bodies solid appearance we are essentially made out of liquid. We are here because water is here. **<span style="color: rgb(51, 46, 255);">What is water? ** Its the substance that keeps us living on earth. **<span style="color: rgb(26, 54, 255);">Why is getting scarcer? ** Because we pollute, waste, and just take it for**<span style="color: rgb(242, 0, 255);"> granted. ** **<span style="color: rgb(16, 10, 255);">What should we do? ** We should stop wasting it and use it wisely. Conclusion? PREVENT THE WATER FROM DISAPPEARING. Taking a small steps to solve this global problem is what we have to do now. So think about what your doing to the people who die because of the lack of freshwater when you leave the faucet on. Make sure its the //last// time.

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Further information on the water crisis

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"BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Water - another global 'crisis'?." __BBC NEWS | News Front Page__. 23 May 2009 [].

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videos
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"YouTube - save drinking water." __YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.__. 23 May 2009 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic_V0u_9vGY&NR=1>.

**Audio**
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Pictures
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