Fresh water scarcity

Fresh Water Scarcity

By: Gabriela Clariond

Background InformationWater is the

foundation of life.

The two main points of water scarcity are quality and quantity.

A growing population increases the demand for fresh water.

For a developing country there is lack of fresh water.

Importance of Water Education when people are

losing time to try and search for fresh water.

Health because lack of clean fresh water makes people suffer from diseases.

Hunger is when people are not always getting enough food due to the loss of crops.

Poverty if there is enough fresh water then there would be more sanitation and the cycle of poverty would break.

Freshwater Scarcity in Tanzania

Where and What fresh water scarcity affects?

Lack of infrastructure and the access to water, not shortage of water.

Climate and physical factors.

High rainfall areas.

Deforestation and soil erosion.

Tanzania

Diseases The water-related diseases are:

Defective sanitation.

Water-Breeding Diseases

Water-Washed Diseases

Water-Based Diseases

Waterborne Diseases.

Examples of places around the worldGujarat, India

Delhi, India

Bangaldesh

Mathare in Nairobi, Kenya

Freshwater Scarcity in Kenya

UN Millenium Development Goals (MDG’s)

1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

2. Achieve universal primary education

3. Promote gender equality and empower women

4. Reduce child morality

5. Improve maternal health

6. Combat HIV and AIDS, malaria, and other diseases

7. Ensure environment sustainability

8. Develop a global partnership for development

Goal 7 of the Millenium Development Goals

Goal 7 has been subdivided into four further goals:

7a. Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs

7b. Reduce biodiversity loss

7c. Reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation

7d. Achieve significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers by 2020.

Recommendations

“Canadians are the second highest water user per capita in the world.” – Home Depot

Reducing amount of water being used

Global problem, not just country problem

Help towards ending this problem

SolutionsThe Video Solution

Desalinization technology

A new treaty to specify water sharing.

So, do you want to stop this problem?

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