The Green Timberwolf

Your Part in the Global Water Crisis

http://www.charitywater.org/blog/pod03192012/

http://ithirst.org/blog/page/7/

Blogged by: Leah

“Almost everywhere, water is wasted, and as long as people are not facing water scarcity, they believe access to water is an obvious and natural thing.” Water is something that I and most citizens in developed countries can say we take for granted. We shower as long as we wish, drink as much as we please and have massive swimming pools at our leisure. It isn’t much of a common thought that in other parts of the world, these are things that would only be seen in dreams. Can you imagine that 1.1 billion people live their everyday lives without access to clean drinking water? I want you to really think about this statistic. Visualize your everyday life without taking a shower, without washing your dishes, without getting a glass of water whenever you feel thirsty. If you did give into dehydration and drink that water, you would be in fear as to what it is doing to your body. As of 2004, 3900 children die every day from diseases in their water. Would you take the risk of doing such a normal routine?

http://www.charitywater.org/blog/pod03192012/

http://ithirst.org/blog/page/7/

As a country develops the water can only then afford to be treated, eventually making it proper for consumption. Unfortunately, many countries are far too poor and dangerous to worry about purifying water. The threat of personal safety is far too evident to think about the consumption needs of citizens. Even if a country decides to take action regarding clean drinking water, it is far too massive of an issue to take care of alone.

For more information on this topic as well as incredible and innovative solutions go to: http://www.triplepundit.com/2015/06/innovative-solutions-water-shortage-crisis/

Statistics from:

http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/library/archives/water-crisis/