The realities of scarce water resources around the globe.
Water is the one resource that all life on Earth needs to survive – That’s a fact.
Kabul is a city that was designed to hold one million people but, it is now home to over 4.2 million residents.
It is said to be the largest and most severe drought on record.
This same thing has happened in India and other countries where politics and big business override the objections of local communities trying to protect their water sources against the bigger economic demands of the government.
More recently, in New Zealand, water, once an abundant resource, is becoming scarce and has become a political football in some communities.
Water scarcity’s economic effects are huge The first thing that comes to most people’s minds is the impact of water scarcity on agriculture and farming, and this is correct.
But perhaps the most damaging result of water scarcity is the impact it has on the human population.
One very obvious fact comes to mind – Cities are now overpopulated while the infrastructure has not been updated to fulfill the needs of residents.
Countries in Africa, Southeast Asia and other regions of the world are still grappling with the basics of survival in our fast-changing climate, leaving them little time to figure out mediation techniques.