Water Scarcity

The definition of water scarcity is not having enough supply of water.

What causes water scarcity :

• A way that water scarcity is caused is over population. When a country has too many people, the demand for clean water is higher

Examples of water scarcity:

• It happens all around the world and especially in some places in Africa

• In places like Cape Town people have limited supply of water. This is because it is far away from the equator, if you are closer there is a higher chance of rain

Effects of water scarcity:

• People with no clean water have to carry big heavy bottles to find some clean water

• A lot of people rely on the groundwater resources. But you can’t just take water out of soil

Day zero:

• Some countries in the world are reaching closer to something called day zero

• Day zero is when countries run out of water

Ways to resolve water scarcity:

• A way to fix water scarcity is desalination, where water is taken from the ocean and desalinated

• Desalination is removing salt from water

• The problem with desalination is that we don’t have to much desalination plants, and they cost lots of money

How is water consumed in society:

• One cup of coffee can equal up to 140 litres. This is because of you have to grow the beans, transport it, pour it and more.

• To make one cotton t-shirt it uses 2,700 litres of water.