10 points of consequences of misuse of water
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Below are the effects of water crisis on us :-
1. Death – All life needs water, every 90 seconds a child dies from water related illness and disease.
2. Disease – Waterborne disease is one of the leading causes of mortality in the world, water related disease affects more than 1.5 billion people each year.
3. Warfare – Regional conflicts have arisen due to the loss of safe water sources.
4. Lack of irrigation – Without water, farmers can’t grow any crops, which leads to the death of nearly 1 million people every year.
5. Lack of sanitation – Which leads to disease, and causes countless health issues and leads of disease.
6. Lack of hygiene – 1/3 of the world’s population lives without access to a toilet. This leads to disease and kills nearly 1 million people each year.
7. Agricultural problems – No water means no crops. Previous regions with a good amount of water have seen a decline in the ground water and without water, they cannot grow crops.
8. Livestock problems – The lack of water leads to the impossibility of keeping livestock, which in turn makes it even harder for people in arid regions to find food and income.
9. Malnutrition – Due to lack of water and the ability to grow crops, malnutrition sets in, increasing the chance of disease and death. 160 million children suffer from chronic malnutrition linked to water and sanitation.
10. Birth defects – Lack of nutrition during pregnancy and malnutrition causes birth defects in infants.
11. Poor education – Most schools in the worst affected areas do not have a toilet or safe drinking water for students, which leaves students dehydrated and mentally incapable of achieving well in schools.
12. Poor Healthcare – Most hospitals and clinics operate without access to safe water, leaving them unable to safely help people.
13. Societal impact – Improvements in society are halted due to a constant need to find water, 5-6 hours every day is spent looking for water on average. Collectively, women and children spend 125 million hours every day collecting water.
1. Water Pollution – Most of the sources of water in rural areas are terribly polluted due to poor sanitation and lack of waste treatment plants. Overall levels of global pollutants are having a negative effect on the drinking water that is currently clean, as time goes on this damage will be exacerbated.
2. Groundwater over drafting – The excessive use of groundwater in our agricultural industries is leading to diminished yields and wasted water. Over 70% of our water is used to grow crops and most is wasted due to leaky pipes and poor watering techniques.
3. Overuse and misuse of water – This leads to more water being wasted and squandered for pointless reasons and leads to further escalations of the crisis. One single hamburger takes 630 gallons of water to produce!
4. Disease – A large quantity of the available groundwater in the worst effected parts of the world is ridden with disease. Due to the lack of proper water treatment and recycling.
5. Climate change – Climate change is changing the way water evaporates and where it rains, pushing rainfall further south in both hemispheres
6. Mismanagement – Improper training and education leads to needless waste of safe clean water every day, as well as overuse in areas that don’t require so much water.
7. Corruption – Simply put. Some of the people who have the power to help those people in need just don’t care.
8. Lack of institutions – Lesser developed countries have no institutions to advise on water treatment and management, this leads to mismanagement and waste
9. Lack of infrastructure – Poor regions often don’t have the funds or education to implement proper infrastructure such as waste treatment and recycling plants
10. Loss of groundwater – Due to climate change, human expansion and development is leading to loss of groundwater worldwide.
11. Unfair pricing of water – Areas of extreme poverty often have to pay extortionate rates in order to purchase clean water. Those who have no money have to drink from holes in the dirt, or puddles on the roadside.
Effects of Water CrisisBelow are the effects of water crisis on us.
1. Death – All life needs water, every 90 seconds a child dies from water related illness and disease.
2. Disease – Waterborne disease is one of the leading causes of mortality in the world, water related disease affects more than 1.5 billion people each year.
3. Warfare – Regional conflicts have arisen due to the loss of safe water sources.
4. Lack of irrigation – Without water, farmers can’t grow any crops, which leads to the death of nearly 1 million people every year.
5. Lack of sanitation – Which leads to disease, and causes countless health issues and leads of disease.
6. Lack of hygiene – 1/3 of the world’s population lives without access to a toilet. This leads to disease and kills nearly 1 million people each year.
7. Agricultural problems – No water means no crops. Previous regions with a good amount of water have seen a decline in the ground water and without water, they cannot grow crops.
8. Livestock problems – The lack of water leads to the impossibility of keeping livestock, which in turn makes it even harder for people in arid regions to find food and income.
9. Malnutrition – Due to lack of water and the ability to grow crops, malnutrition sets in, increasing the chance of disease and death. 160 million children suffer from chronic malnutrition linked to water and sanitation.
10. Birth defects – Lack of nutrition during pregnancy and malnutrition causes birth defects in infants.
11. Poor education – Most schools in the worst affected areas do not have a toilet or safe drinking water for students, which leaves students dehydrated and mentally incapable of achieving well in schools.
12. Poor Healthcare – Most hospitals and clinics operate without access to safe water, leaving them unable to safely help people.
13. Societal impact – Improvements in society are halted due to a constant need to find water, 5-6 hours every day is spent looking for water on average. Collectively, women and children spend 125 million hours every day collecting wate