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There are three important and essential needs in our life, which help us to continue living, and they are water, air, and food. Without water, no one can live long; without air, no one can breathe and without food, no one can sustain longer. In this essay I will discuss about one of the needs, which is water. I will focus on the current water crisis all over the world, and how it is affecting us badly. From where do we get the water or in other word what is the water cycle? It is the constant exchange or movement of water, which starts from evaporation from all water sources such as oceans, sea, land, plants, animals, etc. Then it moves to the air, where the precipitation process occurs from water vapor and falls to earth or ocean. After that, the water usually runs off from the land reaching the sea, and all these process will constantly repeat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water).Looking at the importance of water, makes us wonder what the consequences will be if the water is polluted or misused or there isn’t enough water left. Any cause of water crisis would lead to severe consequences in both the short-term and long-term. For example if there isn’t enough safe water for 884 million people all over the world, this might cause lots of death. Another example is the shortage of water for sanitation and waste discarding for large numbers of people. The overuse of groundwater, might lead to diminishing the agricultural yield. The pollution and overdraft of water resources would harm the environment including the Human beings. Speaking of pollution, there are four unhealthily water cycles we have, such as sewage, rivers, aquifers, and public water supply (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_crisis#cite_note-6) .Everybody will be affected by this pollution, but who is affected the most in this world will be the poor countries. This is because they cannot afford money to get pure and safe water. For example, “in India more than 2 million people die every year from waterborne diseases most of them are children below 5 years of age.”(Steven Starr, 2008).Is it fair to charge them money, whereas the money comes from the ground? Or is it fair for some companies to sell products that require water to developing countries, not educating them on how to use it in a safe way. For example Nestle Company has sold their product to poor countries, knowing that these people don’t have pure water. As a result, many kids have died drinking nestle milk, which is mixed with dirty water. I would say that, water is one of the important needs in our life; this is because the human body needs 70% of water to form well. The shortage of water, has affected us in a bad way (http://www.elements4health.com/water.html) . I believe the all of us are responsible. This is because we are all using water and if we misuse the water or overdraft the water, it will lead in the end to a shortage of water. I think that not many people are aware of it, and in my opinion I think that government needs to raise the people's awareness through advertisements,and providing courses to young people.








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1. Water Cycle, retrieved (2009). From Wikipedia the Free Encyclopedia, from website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water


2. Water Crisis, retrieved (2009). From Wikipedia the Free Encyclopedia, from website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_crisis#cite_note-6

3. (http://www.elements4health.com/water.html)