water scarcity explanation

WATER SCARCITY

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Water scarcity is when people don’t have enough water to survive.  It started when farmers were wasting water without knowing.

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We need fresh water to live.  And there is only three percent of freshwater on earth.  Two percent of freshwater is frozen in ice caps. That means only one percent of freshwater is on earth.  You may be asking why can’t we drink salt water? Well here's your answer. Salt water obviously has salt. And salt soaks up water.  So we would get dehydrated by drinking salt water. Eventually this leads to death. All living things need water to survive and without freshwater they will perish.

Paragraph 3-World population

One big issue causing water scarcity is world population growth.  Earth’s current population is around 7.7 billion people. The more people, the less  water to go around. The population of the world has insanely increased. In 10,000 BC, before christ, there was only about 4 million people on the face of the Earth.  Then in the 1700’s scientists found out about medication. People started taking medication and this helped to make people live longer. Then as the medication grew population grew too.  However, it’s not just the 7.7 billion people sharing this 1% of freshwater, all living things, such as animals, birds and insects rely on freshwater for survival too. All plants need fresh water to grow strong and healthy as well.  

Paragraph 4 - wasting/overuse of freshwater causes water scarcity

Even though there’s only 1% of freshwater available on earth for all living things to survival of, many people waste it.  Leaving taps on, having long showers and filling the bath up too high are all ways that people waste water. Turning the dishwasher and washing machine on when they aren’t full yet and using sprinklers on your garden and lawn are also ways of misusing water.

Paragraph 5 - Pollution and climate change and how this has caused water scarcity

Due to population growth, development and technology, humans are making more pollution than ever before.  People are throwing junk that has dirty water and poisons into the soil and driving cars that can pollute our globe.  People also throw plastic into the oceans and other household rubbish into rivers and dumps. Pollution causes the earth to heat up causing droughts and extremely hot temperatures.  These conditions mean less rain and therefore water to drink. 

Paragraph 6 - The effects of water scarcity

If there was a shortage of water on earth, there would be many consequences for humans. We would only eat food and nothing else.  And all living things need water to live and there won’t be any water to spare. Not even one tiny,small ounce of water would be still in this enormous world.  Everyone would suffer to death from dehydration.  

BY Neelansh