Some people take care of the gold and diamonds more than the water and they put the diamonds in a very safe place while the water is more important than the gold and diamonds and they waste it carelessly. It's hard to imagine what it's like to not have clean water to drink. Water is not evenly divided around the world. Some places have lots and others have very little. Water supply is a big problem in some countries. We found a site that really showed us how things were in Africa, written by people who live there. The problem of water supply keeps a lot of people looking for new ways to use water better. Every time we use it, we take water away from the earth. We now know how it flows on the surface and underground until it gets to us. If we don't spend that extra five minutes in the shower, or run the water when we brush our teeth, we can make a difference. http://library.thinkquest.org/04apr/00222/problems.htm
There are many different reasons for impure water such as washing, showering and throwing garbage in the seas and rivers. Also there are a few unhealthy water cycles such as sewage and aquifer. Poor people can’t get clean water and it is very difficult using traditional methods because it is too expensive. The 10 liters of water cost 2 US$ per person per day, so they can’t afford it. In India, there are 7,600 community-built water harvesting projects. The organization that has legal immunity is the World Bank, so it can’t be sued for breaking promises to people. In USA, there is a weed killer which is called “Atrazin”. One of its effects is causing prostate cancer in men. The state of California has 27 years of water left, Arizona 4 and a half. Three quarters of the Americans drink bottled water. One of the bottled water companies has 70 brands, it is Nestle. This company does not pay for the water it takes from the community. Also it receives a tax break of 10 million $US over 10 years. During a time of drought it keeps pumping. Nestle appealed but it continued pumping water during the appeal. http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_213195108.html
In Bolivia, there is blood in the drinking water and it is from the slaughterhouse. The country privatized the water because the world bank demanded it. In 2007, the contract with Suez ended and control of the water returned to the people. In South Africa, they bring the water from the rivers but there is a problem with the water; it is polluted. There is a tablet for cleaning water but the local people didn’t buy it yet maybe because it is expensive and they are poor. The dirty water kills more people than AIDS and more than wars. It is very dangerous to the people.
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Bibliography:
a) 1673, John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, A Ramble in St. James's Park:
- My dram of sperm was supped up after
For the digestive surfeit water.
- 1757, Ambrose Cooper, The Complete Distiller, page 173:
- There are two Kinds of Surfeit-water, one made by Distillation, and the other by Infusion, the former is generally called white Surfeit Water, and latter red Surfeit Water.
- 1864, Pye Henry Chavasse, Advice to mothers, 7th edition, page 196:
- An acquaintance or a neighbour sees the child, and tells the mother, that the principal thing to be attended to, is, to throw the measles out; and for that purpose, she recomends her to give him “surfeit-water” and “tent-wine.”
References:
1) http://www.bergpublishers.com/?tabid=1800
2) http://library.thinkquest.org/04apr/00222/problems.htm
3) http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_213195108.html
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