Water scarcity

Hello everyone!

So, after three days in the ICU of Otorrino Clinic due to bradycardia (heart condition), caused by our dearest friend ´´la chikun´´, and while very drugged at this current moment, I´m sort of back on track.


Water scarcity

A human being could live for weeks without food but never without water. It is a fact that 75 percent of our bodies are water.

With that been said, it is more than obvious how essential this element is for human existence, therefore you know that as the very selfish creatures we are, instead of coming up with a global plan to help those in need of it, we rather to kill each other.

Before going any further with the ´´killing each other facts´´, let us define what water scarcity is: ‘’ Water scarcity is the lack of sufficient available water resources to meet the demands of water usage within a region. It already affects every continent and around 2.8 billion people around the world at least one month out of every year. More than 1.2 billion people lack access to clean drinking water’’; also such regions still need water sources for their cattle and daily personal usage.

Now, because there’s not enough water for everyone to share, conflict is imminent; recent humanitarian catastrophes, such as the Rwandan Genocide or the war in Sudanese Darfur, have been linked back to water conflicts.

Waterborne diseases and the absence of sanitary domestic water are one of the leading causes of death worldwide. For children under age five, waterborne diseases are the leading cause of death. At any given time, half of the world's hospital beds are occupied by patients suffering from waterborne diseases. According to the World Bank, 88 percent of all waterborne diseases are caused by unsafe drinking water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene.

In a world, sadly occupied by inhabitants so ´smart´ as to fight, live and kill over pieces of inorganic paper called ‘money’, you know economic solutions or at least proposals for solutions must be mention.
The Circle of Blue organization, mentions –among others- the population growth control and the recycle of waste water.
I chose, in my own very personal opinion, the latter because of the following facts:

• According to the United Nations, our planet natural and renewable resources can only, and in a long term, sustain 3 billion human beings in a dignified manner, without causing any conflicts whatsoever among the nations in regards to such, thus avoiding in some aspects financial issues or economical crisis, besides I think it’s pretty obvious we’re past that number and suffering the consequences of it.

• If we can develop new methods to recycle the water we’re already using, the costs of water purification and water transportation can decrease and the most important part: our potable water sources won’t be diminish.

If you would like to learn more about different ways in which we can help to reduce the costs of water and better distribution of it, you can go to: http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2010/world/experts-name-the-top-19-solutions-to-the-global-freshwater-crisis/

At the end, it is up to every individual on this earth to make a difference at this present time in order to build a better future for the generations to come.