WATER SCARCITY

Clean, safe drinking water is hard to find. Today, almost 1 billion people in the developing parts of the world don't have access to it. A lot of water is being wasted. Water is one of the foundations of life. And still today, all around the world, far too many people spend their entire day searching for it. In places like sub-Saharan Africa, people spend hours gathering water and a lot people are suffering from waterborne diseases. Lots of countries are suffering just to find clean water.

WHAT IS WATER SCARCITY?

There are 2 types of water scarcity: Physical scarcity and Economic scarcity

Physical scarcity: Not enough/inadequate water to supply a region.Many countries and governments focus on wanting to reduce physical scarcity. The UN focuses a lot on reducing physical scarcity.

Economic Scarcity: Economic water scarcity is caused by a lack of investment in water infrastructure or insufficient human capacity to satisfy the demand of water in areas where the population cannot afford to use an adequate source of water.

EFFECTS OF WATER SCARCITY

• Around 4,000 children under the age of five, die every day due to a lack of drinking water or proper sanitation.
• Water is especially hard to find in sub-saharan african.

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• When water becomes scarce, natural landscapes often lose out.
• We have to manage how we use our water or we will run out of water and water scarcity will begin to rise.

Most Polluted Water in the World.

- Sudan 12.3 million
- Venezuela 5.0 million
- Ethiopia 2.7 million
- Tunisia 2.1 million
- Cuba 1.3 million

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• Women and girls in poor countries spend about 15-17 hours a week collecting water.
• In 60 countries in the developing world, more than half of primary schools have no adequate water facilities and nearly two thirds lack adequate sanitation

Why water is important?

• Its essential for our lives, we need it to survive
• We also a use a lot of water for agricultural purposes. 69% of the world's freshwater withdrawals are committed to agriculture. The industrial sector accounts for 19% while only 12% of water withdrawals are destined for households and personal uses.

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• Only 3% of the world’s water is freshwater, and two-thirds of that is tucked away in frozen glaciers or otherwise unavailable for our use.
• Water covers 73% of the planet.

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• Clean freshwater is essential for human life, but 1.1 billion people lack access to water and 2.7 billion experience water scarcity at least one month a year. By 2025, two-thirds of the world’s population may be facing water shortages. When waters run dry, people can’t get enough to drink, wash, or feed crops, and the economy may begin to suffer. In addition, inadequate sanitation, Which is a problem for 2.4 billion people, can lead to deadly diarrheal diseases, including cholera and typhoid fever, and other water related illnesses.

SOLUTIONS

• These are the solutions that NGOs are trying to do: Educate the people, Recycling water, Advanced technology to help with water conservation, Re-revised farming techniques, Improving sewage systems, Supporting NGOs which are helping with cleaning and conserving water. There are a lot of solutions.

What I want to do

• I want to make a cheap and low cost water pump.
• This will help benefit the poorer communities and villages around Zanzibar.
• I want it so that it will be useful to poorer villages around Zanzibar which suffer from water scarcity.

WATER FILTER

• I also want to make a water filter which will help with filtering dirty water into clean water.
• This will help improve the cleanliness of water in villages around Zanzibar.
• It is a cheap and low cost of filtering dirty water.

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• 4.23 Develop an understanding of how and why people seek to manage and sustain their environment.
• 4.22 Develop an understanding of how localities are affected by natural features and processes.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• 4.23 Develop an understanding of how and why people seek to manage and sustain their environment.
• 4.22 Develop an understanding of how localities are affected by natural features and processes.

How can I reduce problems with water scarcity and sanitation in Zanzibar?