Global Warming Today - Clean Water

Clean water is essential for the survival of human beings, and dehydration will kill a human faster than starvation, in fact all life depends on the availability of water. Climate change brought about by global warming has led to frequent droughts in the third world and other countries, the countries that are most vulnerable are the countries that pay for the over usage of fossil fuels by the rest f the world. The availability of freshwater is decreasing as a result. We need clean water as it can increase concentration, strength, immunity, and increases energy.

World wide over one billion people lack access to safe drinking water and two million children die every year due to lack of clean water, a commodity the developed world take for granted on a day to day basis. Over two billion people world-wide do not have proper sanitation.

Technologies are being developed with the intent of recycling wastewater for irrigation and industrial purposes. Recycled water can even be used for drinking, however more vigorous treatments would be required to remove the toxic elements such as nanotechnology which can remove the toxic components while allowing the other nutrients to slip through.

Another way of conserving water could be drip irrigation, which is a way of using less water to irrigate land, as irrigation uses a lot of water over 80% on some developing countries. Some countries are attempting to implement small distillation centres to distribute clean water in poor areas where there are many people hundreds of miles from any clean drinking water, this can be relatively inexpensive. And can be very effective for instance a unit no larger than a washing machine can provide clean drinking water for 100 people for a day.