Article Link: http://www.worldwildlife.org/threats/water-scarcity
When meeting with my group to discuss what topic we should do for our project, one of the environmental issues we discussed was water conservation. For the average American, the issue of water scarcity is one of the least talked about environmental problem when compared to coal, oil, and natural gas.
One of the great things about this particular article that WWF wrote is that perfectly outlines the causes and the impacts that water scarcity has on society. In the article, they state that seventy percent of the world’s surface is covered by water, but only three percent is fresh water (which is the only water viable to drink, bathe, and farm with). Then only one-third of the fresh water available on earth is accessible for human consumption because the other two-thirds is located in frozen glaciers. As a consequence of the scares amount of clean drinking water, many areas around the world are over using their natural supply, which is causing entire ecosystems to be destroyed. After reading this article, I understand why many Scientistic believe that water will be the cause of the next world war.
I believe that the conservation of water is one the most underrated natural resource issue in present day society. Water is an extremely important part of the survival of every living organism on planet earth. I think it is critical to spread the awareness of this problematic issue and institute tactics in order to prevent this issue from becoming any worse than it already is.