Facing the Freshwater Crisis By: Peter Rogers

Some people in places like New Delhi (one of the richest cities in India) only have a limited time to get freshwater o So that water can be diverted from upstream rivers and reservoirs to irrigate crops Politicians have allowed irrigation water to be shifted away from farming operations to cities and suburbs (in Phoenix) o And recycled wastewater for landscaping and other nonpotable applications Today one out of six people , more than a billion, suffer inadequate access to safe freshwater Scientists expect water scarcity to become more common in large part because the worlds population is rising and many people are getting richer Due to waste disposals, many water have become undrinkable When water supplies decreases, the cost for water increases o Causing poor people and nonhuman consumers of water to get insufficient amounts of them The Murray-Darling River Basin was divided into sections for different human usages o Ended up being dried out, then burned away As more people are getting rich, it increased the requirement of water supplies o Richer the people, the more water they consume From 2000 to 2050, water requirements would increase from 3350 km3 to 4900 km3 By raising the price for clean water, people would have to turn to reusing gray water for nonpotable applications o Which will encourages people to build better water recycling machines Many domestic water utilities wait until water mains break before fixing them By decreasing the amount of water going into agriculture, we would be able to conserve more water The municipal group have to pay to line leaky irrigation canals with waterproof materials Virtual water= amount of water used on producing a product

As the Earths population are increasing, and more peoples incomes are rising, water demands have also increased. If water demands keep rising faster than the rate that it is getting cleaned, then there will be a chance that the price for water will also increase. Most of our water is being used for agricultural purposes, which is good, but not when all that stuffs that contains harmful chemicals gets into our groundwater, the worlds largest freshwater reservoir. People all over the world are coming up with new ways to conserve the limited amount of water we have today so that it can be used in the future. I think that people should use more recycled water for their daily usage and crops because it is not bad water. Even though it is called gray water that does not means that it is unusable, it

is just not very good to drink, but it can still be used for other purposes. It is kind of surprising to find out that in some places, people only get a limited time to get water from the city. For example in New Delhi, people can only turn on their sink and other waterways for one water for the whole entire day. But in other places, people are allowed to use water for the whole day and water comes really cheap to them.

So what? The amount of water being used can be reduced..

Says who? Peter Rogers

What if? What if more people are using recycled graywater? More companies would invent new and improved technologies to clean the water and make it even more suitable for human usage.

This reminds me of This reminds me of oil because people use it on a daily basis. And as its supply decreases, the price for oil increases.