A: List the major ideas, concepts or key points- point by point
Policymakers worldwide wield great power over how water sources are managed.1/6 people suffer inadequate access to safe freshwater. By 2025, freshwater resources of more than half the countries across the globe will undergo stress or shortages. By midcentury, as much as 3/4 of population could face scarcities of freshwater. Use of drip-irrigation systems minimize consumption by allowing water to seep in slowly either from the soil surface or directly into the root zone, would also do much to stem demand for irrigation water. Keeping the demand for irrigation water in arid areas down while still meeting the world's food requirements can be supported by supplying virtual water. We must accelerate the adoption of existing techniques to conserve and enhance water supply.
C: Write a reaction paragraph to the article stating your own thoughts on the topic, using specific citations from the article to support your views
After reading this article I think that finding a way to conserve water should be talked about. Droughts have left many cities and towns in the northern part of Georgia and the Southwest scrambling for water. The ability to pay for water plays a major role for availability of water, and struggle for freshwater has contributed to civil and military disputes in the area. We humans don't realize how much we waste in our lives. We must accelerate the adoption of existing techniques to conserve and enhance water supply. Although, solving the water problem will not be easy, we can succeed if we start right away and stick to it.
So what?:
Says who?:
What if?... we don't do anything to try and conserve water:
What does this remind me of?: The usage of money. No matter how much money you have, if you don't know how to save it you'll be end up broke and homeless
- Because lack of access to water can lead to starvation, disease, political instability and even armed conflict, failure to take action can have broad and grave consequences.
- The world’s demand for freshwater is currently overtaking its ready supply in many places, and this situation shows no sign of abating.
- Solving the world’s water problems requires, as a start, an understanding of how much freshwater each person requires, along with knowledge of the factors that impede supply and increase demand in different parts of the world.
- Scientists expect water scarcity to become more common because the world's population is rising and many people are getting richer and because global climate change is exacerbatering aridity and reducing supply in many regions
- Water sources threatened by faulty waste disposal, industrial pollutants, fertilizer runoff and coastal influxes of saltwater into aquifers as groundwater is depleted.
- Lack of water leads to starvation, disease, political instability and armed conflict.
- Technology required to conserve exists
- Shortages of freshwater are meanwhile growing more common in developed countries as well, such as the U.S.
- Droughts have left many cities and towns in the northern part of Georgia and the Southwest scrambling for water.
- Ability to pay for water plays a major role for availability of water
- Struggle for freshwater has contributed to civil and military disputes in the area
- Demand for water varies from places to place.
- Demand rise with population size and growth rate. Tends to go up with income level
- Richer groups consume more water.
- Water prices set extent of demand.
- If the income of poor nations continue to climb to levels of middle-income countries, would greatly intensify the pressures on water supply.
- Use of drip-irrigation systems minimize consumption by allowing water to seep in slowly either from the soil surface or directly into the root zone, would also do much to stem demand for irrigation water.
- Keeping the demand for irrigation water in arid areas down while still meeting the world's food requirements can be supported by supplying virtual water.
- Virtual water relates to the amount of water expended in producing food or commercial goods.
- Products are exported to a dry region, then that area will not have to use its own water to create them.
Policymakers worldwide wield great power over how water sources are managed.1/6 people suffer inadequate access to safe freshwater. By 2025, freshwater resources of more than half the countries across the globe will undergo stress or shortages. By midcentury, as much as 3/4 of population could face scarcities of freshwater. Use of drip-irrigation systems minimize consumption by allowing water to seep in slowly either from the soil surface or directly into the root zone, would also do much to stem demand for irrigation water. Keeping the demand for irrigation water in arid areas down while still meeting the world's food requirements can be supported by supplying virtual water. We must accelerate the adoption of existing techniques to conserve and enhance water supply.
C: Write a reaction paragraph to the article stating your own thoughts on the topic, using specific citations from the article to support your views
After reading this article I think that finding a way to conserve water should be talked about. Droughts have left many cities and towns in the northern part of Georgia and the Southwest scrambling for water. The ability to pay for water plays a major role for availability of water, and struggle for freshwater has contributed to civil and military disputes in the area. We humans don't realize how much we waste in our lives. We must accelerate the adoption of existing techniques to conserve and enhance water supply. Although, solving the water problem will not be easy, we can succeed if we start right away and stick to it.
So what?:
- We must find a way to conserve water
Says who?:
- Peter Rogers
What if?... we don't do anything to try and conserve water:
- The population will decrease
- Not enough water for the population on earth
What does this remind me of?: The usage of money. No matter how much money you have, if you don't know how to save it you'll be end up broke and homeless