{"id":2795,"date":"2020-10-28T13:35:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T13:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=2795"},"modified":"2024-01-24T01:56:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T01:56:00","slug":"global-water-scarcity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/global-water-scarcity\/","title":{"rendered":"Global water scarcity"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2795\" class=\"elementor elementor-2795\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d1ffedd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d1ffedd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2830 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/global-water-scarcity\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Global water scarcity<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2829 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/water-scarcity-terms\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Water scarcity terms<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2828 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-freshwater\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is Freshwater?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2827 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-water-cycle-2\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">The water cycle<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2826 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/water-treatment\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Water treatment<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2825 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/threats-to-water-supply\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Threats to water supply<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2824 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/effects-of-water-scarcity\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Effects of water scarcity<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2823 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/preserving-freshwater\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Preserving freshwater<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2822 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/water-scarcity-factsheet\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Water scarcity factsheet<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-024eb5d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"024eb5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-766ea72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"766ea72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     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data-id=\"387abbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For many people, water has never been a big story in their lives. It is because they live in communities that have clean water supply systems. They turn on the tap and clean water flows, every day of the year. This makes it very difficult for people to appreciate how precious water is.<\/p><p>Water is life. Plants, animals, and humans all depend on this invaluable natural resource for life. Besides this, water is a medium for moving waste, cleaning, sanitation, manufacturing, construction, and farming. Almost every human activity you can think of involves some use of water.<\/p><p><b>Water covers more than 70% of the earth\u2019s surface,<br \/>so how can there ever be scarcity?<\/b><\/p><p>Less than 3% of the water on earth is freshwater, and the bulk of this is trapped in snowfields and glaciers and not easily accessible. The rest form the seas and oceans and cannot be used in the same way as freshwater. Only a tiny fraction (0.014%) is surface water in the form of rivers, lakes, and swamps.<\/p><p>Naturally, the 3% should be enough for all humans and animals on earth but unfortunately, many factors have caused an upset in the flow and use of freshwater and caused a massive crisis in many regions of the earth.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_2879\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2879\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2879\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/pysical-and-economic-water-scarcity.jpg\" alt=\"Physical and economic water scarcity\" width=\"600\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/pysical-and-economic-water-scarcity.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/pysical-and-economic-water-scarcity-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/pysical-and-economic-water-scarcity-370x265.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Physical and economic water scarcity<\/figcaption><\/figure><p><b>But why should you care?<\/b><br \/>We should care because a lot of the factors that cause water scarcity are broadening and becoming more complex and uncontrollable. If we do nothing in terms of preserving and using it wisely, it is only a matter of time before all regions begin to experience the water crisis and all the repercussions that come with it.<\/p><p><b>Did you know&#8230;<\/b><br \/>Experts say that a person in a developed country having a five-minute shower uses more water than the average person in a developing country slum uses for an entire day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-56e459e\" data-id=\"56e459e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f13c202 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"f13c202\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-32de04a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"32de04a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-939a6c2\" data-id=\"939a6c2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4529fc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4529fc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/water-scarcity-terms\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">NEXT PAGE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Water Scarcity Global water scarcity Water scarcity terms What is Freshwater? 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