What s wrong with what we drink says we must change people s mind sets and get to the root of the issue to ensure safe drinking water. Seth siegel author of the new book troubled water. As a result some 1 1 billion people worldwide lack access.
Only 3 of the world s water is fresh water and two thirds of that is tucked away in frozen glaciers or otherwise unavailable for our use. However freshwater the stuff we drink bathe in irrigate our farm fields with is incredibly rare. Water covers 70 of our planet and it is easy to think that it will always be plentiful.
From fertilizers and. This has involved activities that alter surrounding ecosystems such as drainage diversion of water for irrigation industrial and domestic use contaminating water with excess nutrient run off e g. We use water for a variety of purposes from agricultural domestic and industrial uses.
Water and environmental issues. As the global population grows there is an increasing need to balance all of the competing commercial demands on water resources so that communities have enough for. Water is also a rights issue.
Barriers to addressing water problems in developing nations include poverty. The article on water issues in developing countries includes information on scarcity of drinking water poor infrastructure for water access floods and droughts and the contamination of rivers and large dams in developing countries over one billion people in developing countries have inadequate access to clean water. 844 million live without access to safe water while 2 3 billion live without improved sanitation.
Today the water crisis affects billions around the world.
