Human Population Equals Shortage In Water

 With people overfishing, people are also over using water from lakes, rivers, and oceans. Without sustainable water for sea creatures to live and reproduce, humans will struggle with sea food and shortage of water.

With more people added each day in our world, it means more uses of the water that the world provides for us. With our human population increasing the underdeveloped countries are hit the hardest. Countries such as Russia, Asia, and Africa are some parts of the world where it is hard to find adequate clean water due to the increase of people, water pollution, and diseases.

For the last 50 years according to the Population Reference Bureau, world population multiplied more rapidly than ever before, and more rapidly than it is projected to grow in the future. In 1950, the world had 2.5 billion people; and in 2010, the world had about 7 billion people. By 2050, this number could rise to more than 9 billion. With our population increasing so rapidly alot of people are worried if the world has enough water for everyone especially in the countries where clean water is hard to find.

According to Calvin Woo, there are about 1,385 cubic kilometers on Earth which most of it is salt. Calvin states that about 70% of the fresh edible water are locked inside polar ice caps, and .014% are available for drinking which is a very small amount compared to our oceans. With the human population still growing strong, our water resources will soon decline if we don't conserve or try to use less of it. With other countries such as Africa with little or no clean water, they suffer tremendously that affects their health.

In Africa, about 1/3 of the population has no drinking water and almost half of the population have health problems due to unsanitary water or little water according to E-Source. Some of the health problems that may occur due to little or no water are, dehydration, malnutrition, diseases, and diarrhea which all these may cause death. If the problem does not improved, 17 countries will suffer from severe water shortage by the year 2010 states E-Source.   

In conclusion, the human population is starting to over populate and will still increase through out the decades. With so many people on earth, there are only a limited of water sources for each person to use and to survive. If there are too much people and little water, countries and people will start to fight and have wars with each other to have the water for themselves. Therefore it is important now to start conserving water and help clean our environment so it does not pollute the lakes, rivers, and oceans, and hopefully the future generations will have a chance of a better life.

"E-Source." Africa: one-third of Africans lack drinking water. N.p., 03/06/2006. Web. 12 Mar 2011.

Woo, Calvin. "How Much human life can planet earth sustain?." About my Planet. N.p., 09/23/2006.            Web. 20 Mar 2011.