Water and its accesibility as a global issue

Water and its accesibility as a global issue

1. Political Organizations

   • The WHO (world health organization) estimates lack of universal water access results in $24 billion in lost each year due to time spent gathering water
   • $260 billion is lost globally each year due to lack of adequate water supply and sanitation
   • The Pacific Institute published a book in collaboration with the oxford press, in which they present readable analysis and recommendations for a new federal water policy to confront national (U.S.) and global challenges.

2. Areas of Knowledge

   • Natural sciences: An article showed that from a natural scientific point of view we can analyze water as a finite resource with the relevant limits of sustainability.
   • Mathematics and statistics: facts such as: in 15 years 48 countries won't be able to to meet their basic water requirements, 50% of the world's population uses more water than it is naturally replenished, 9 countries in Europe are experiencing the first stages of water shortage.

3. Different economic classes

   • More than 750 million people around the world lack access to "safe water"
   • Accessibility to water is an indicator of social classes, the higher the accessibility to water, the higher the social class
   • 82% of those who lack access to water live in rural areas, just 18 %live in urban areas.

4. The Media

   • Media focuses not in water deficiency as an issue but in how it affect us humans.
     • Stories involving water include: Kylie Jenner and Tyga being sanctioned by exceeding their limits in water consumption.
     • "The California Drought, this is a major story in diaries and news casts due to the fact that politically, it is controversial and it is causing the government a need for new laws and guidelines on water usage.

5. The world of philanthropy

   • As a human race, philanthropy defines that we should care about are finite resources of our world. Certain organizations provide loans to people with deficiency profit wise to maintain de water service.
   • United water is an organization that donates money to support non profit organizations that care for the environment.
   • Water deficiency has high risk percentage in creating violent conflicts