Water resources are fast dwindling across the world, and very soon we will find that we do not have adequate clean water for all our needs. We bring you a short article that talks about the very real need to conserve our water resources, so that we don’t fall short!
Read the original article at this link: http://thinkeatsave.org/index.php/the-most-precious-resource-of-all-save-food-save-water
Our world and our societies are water‐hungry. The fulfillment of basic human needs, the environment, socio-economic development and poverty reduction are all dependent on water. With the world population expected to grow from a little over 7 billion today to 8 billion by 2025, water withdrawals are expected to increase by 50 percent in developing countries and by 18 percent in developed countries.
Water is fundamentally important for food and agriculture, and is the basic ingredient of life: one can survive for eight to ten days without food but without water, for not more than two days. Despite the fact that our body is made up of 2/3 of water, the food we eat consumes even more water than we do. Water for irrigation and food production constitutes one of the greatest pressures on freshwater resources. Although the earth has 1.4 billion cubic kilometers of water, less than 1 percent is accessible for human consumption, and 70 percent of that is used for agricultural purposes.
Fresh water is a precious resource.
“Water is central to the well‐being of people and the planet.”
“We must work together to protect and carefully manage this fragile, finite resource.”
