Importance of Fresh Water | Common Causes of Water Scarcity | Ways to Address the FreshWater Crisis

Importance of Fresh Water | Common Causes of Water Scarcity | Ways to Address the FreshWater Crisis
In this video, we will discuss:
What is the importance of freshwater?
What are common water resources?
What are general types of water scarcity?
What is the global water crisis?
What are the common causes of water scarcity and its effects?
What are the consequences of water scarcity?
how to solve the water scarcity problem?

Freshwater makes up a very small fraction of all water on the planet. While nearly 70 percent of the world is covered by water, only 2.5 percent of it is fresh. The rest is saline and ocean-based. Even then, just 1 percent of our freshwater is easily accessible, with much of it trapped in glaciers and snowfields. There are two general types of water scarcity: physical and economic. Physical, or absolute, water scarcity is the result of a region’s demand outpacing the limited water resources found there. Economic water scarcity is due to a lack of water infrastructure in general, or to the poor management of water resources where infrastructure is in place.
these are the causes of water scarcity.
Pollution:
Water pollution comes from many sources including pesticides and fertilizers that wash away from farms, untreated human wastewater, and industrial waste
Agriculture:
Agriculture uses 70% of the world’s accessible freshwater, but some 60% of this is wasted due to leaky irrigation systems, inefficient application methods as well as the cultivation of crops that are too thirsty for the environment in which they are grown. In this way, water shortage occurs.
Increased Frequency of Droughts:
The world’s changing climate has been linked to an increased incidence of droughts that can greatly diminish freshwater supplies in a region. According to modeling by NASA, there is a high likelihood of megadroughts in the 21st century which can span multiple decades
What are the consequences of water scarcity?
Lack of access to safe, clean drinking water
Threatened ecosystems
Unhealthy economies and increased poverty
Decreased food access and higher food costs
Increased Global Conflict
5 ways to solve the freshwater crisis:
Developing water filtration systems
Promoting water stewardship
Protecting wetlands
Improving irrigation efficiency

Increasing water storage in reservoirs

#WhatIsTheImportanceOfFreshWater
#5WaysToAddressTheFreshwaterCrisis
#NotComplicated
#WhatIsTheGlobalWaterCrisis
#ScarcityOfWater
#CommonCausesOfWaterScarcity
#WaterSustainability
#RunningOutOfWater
#WastewaterTreatment
#WaterResource
#HowToSolveTheWaterScarcityProblem
#FreshWater
#WaterShortages
#GlobalWaterCrisis
#WaterShortage

[familytailor]

Keep up the spirit, I'm waiting for the next video 🔥