A Great Thirst For Water

 With our waters getting polluted at a accelerated rate, we need to conserve and clean them as good as we possibly can.

Water water everywhere, yet ironically only a small percentage of water are good for drinking. One of the biggest problem's in today's world is now water.What might seem like a small problem will turn out to be a big war against other countries for the need of water for their native people.  Big countries such as India, and China are now experiencing water crises.

India which is the largest, fastest growing country in the world is now currently lacking access to drinking water. India currently has the world’s second largest population, which is expected to overtake China’s by 2050 when it reaches a staggering 1.6 billion, putting increase strain on water resources as the number of people grows (Brooks 2007). With the economy and agricultural sector growing rapidly, it even thins out the water supply (Brooks 2007).  According to Brooks, India's water crisis is a man made problem.  For example, due to the poor management, unclear laws, government corruption, and industrial and human waste, it has caused their water supply to become useless.  A combination of sewage disposal, industrial effluents, chemicals from farm runoffs, arsenic and fluoride has rendered India’s rivers unfit for drinking, irrigation, and even industrial purposes states Brooks. Surprisingly every river in India is polluted to some degree.

China, which is currently the country that has the most population right now is undergoing a water crises.
According to the Chifeng's hydrological bureau, 62 percent of the city's 51 reservoirs have run dry, Xinhua said and more than 250,000 people are short on drinking water. Beijing's water shortage will soon reach 200 million to 300 million cubic meters, and while aggressively building more dams to conserve their water, countries below them are angry and desperate for water also. Across the country, China has spent tens of billions of dollars to dam rivers, build reservoirs and dig deeper wells. Beijing also has tapped underground water to meet its needs, with the water level in the plains falling to 11 meters to 24 meters below sea level over the past decade, according to Xinhua. Without any change, tens of millions of Chinese will turn into environmental refugees over the next decade states the World Bank.

With the water crises going on in the third world countries, there are many other countries that were not mentioned here that are also going through the water crises also. To know what India and China is going through, it's really important to start finding solutions before other countries such as Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam who are under China breaks out a war to fight for their rights for their water. The shortage of water will be one the biggest and hardest problem to fix.

Brooks, Nina. "Imminent Water Crisis in India." arlingtoninstitute. N.p., 08/2007. Web. 21 Mar 2011. <http://www.arlingtoninstitute.org/wbp/global-water-crisis/606>.

Brooks, Nina. "Water shortages reach crisis levels in China." CNN World. N.p., 09/13/2010. Web. 21 Mar 2011. <http://articles.cnn.com/2010-09-13/world/china.water.crisis_1_water-shortages-water-supplies-drinking-water?_s=PM:WORLD>.