Water Security

Will there be enough water for the coming crowded world?

Since the beginning of human existence, water has been used in many ways of our lives. Water is an essential resource to sustain life. It is used for everyday subsistence. It is used for baptismal, blessings or spiritual beliefs and healings, cleansing, agriculture, recreation, industry, hydroelectric power and many more. Water is abundant in some place but scarce to other arid regions of this planet. Water scarcity occurs even in areas where there is plenty of rainfall or freshwater. How water is conserved, used and distributed in communities and the quality of the water available can determine if there is enough to meet the demands of households, farms, industry and the environment.

 We live on a world where 95 percent is water. Nearly 70 percent of the world’s fresh water is locked in ice, most of the rest is in aquifers that we are draining mush more quickly than the natural recharge rate.

It is also a cause of conflict to many neighbors or tribes that started war to many nations.  

Facts about water;

·         All life requires fresh water to survive.

·         About 3% of all the water on earth is fresh water, the rest is salt water found in the ocean.

·         About three-fourths of Earth's surface is covered with water.

·         Millions of the world’s poorest subsist on fewer than five gallons.

·         46 percent of people on earth have no piped water into their homes.

·         Women in developing countries walk an average of 5 kilometers to get water.

·         Built dams have displaced about 80 million people worldwide.

·         One out of eight people lacks access to clean water.

·         Washing hands with clean water and soap can reduce diarrheal disease by 45 percent.

The Water Cycle is the endless movement of water around the planet. Earth's natural systems are constantly moving and using water. As a liquid, gas or solid, powered by the sun and the force of gravity, water travels over, under and above the surface of the Earth in an incredible journey called the water cycle.

A watershed is an area of land that drains into a river, stream or lake. It includes everything within its borders, all the land, air, plants, animals, mountains, deserts, cities, farms, and even people, their stories and traditions.