The term Water Crisis refers to the lack of clean water for human use. This problem is persistent in many developing countries. This problem affects the poor who live in slums. Many diseases and many hardships are had due to the bad condition of water systems. Many lack not only water to drink but also plumbing or outhouses compounding the problem.
Causes of the water crisis:
- · Overpopulation causes greater demand for water
- · Pollution from direct (traceable) sources
- · Pollution from indirect (not traceable) sources
- · Lack of funding for water filtration plants
Who is affected:
- · 1/6th of the worlds populations
- · 2.2 Million die in developing countries
- · ½ of people in all hospitals are there for water related issues
- · 80% of diseases in the developing world are caused by dirty water
- · Areas mostly in Africa and Asia are effected
Effects of crisis:
- · Every 20 seconds, a child dies from a water-related illness
- · People walk for hours a day to get water
- · in Africa, an estimated 5% of GDP is lost to illnesses and deaths caused by dirty water
- Many diseases are spread by water
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