Water

Scarcity
Ratio of Water and Land on earth:

30%
Land

70%
Wate
r
Not enough of
water to Drink?
What is Water Scarcity?
Is lack of water to meet the demand( Quantity)
or lack of access to safe water. (Quality)

Economic Scarcity
Physical Scarcity
Economic Scarcity:

Developed world finding reliable resource of safe water

is often consuming and expensive.

lack of compassion and good governance

that allows the condition to persist.

Does not have the necessary monetary

to utilize an adequate source of water.

A unequal distribution of resources.

Political and ethnic conflict. etc
Physical Scarcity:

Some area lack of water is more profound problem.

Physical access to water is limited.

The demand outstrips the lands ability to provide the

needed water.

Happen in dry part of world or arid region.

“Cause ofWater
Scarcity”
Population growth
Cause by| Climate change
 Legislation and water
resource management
Water Quality
Water demand
„Affect of Water scarcity‟

WITHOUT 2
Health |Life |disease| Agricultural
Health |Life |disease| Agricultural

1 out of every 4 deaths under the age of 5

worldwide is due to a water-related disease.
Health |Life |disease | Agricultural

80%
Illness cause by unsafe water and
Sanitation condition
in world.
Health |Life |disease| Agricultural

One quarter of the

global population
also live in developing countries that
face water shortages due to a lack of
infrastructure to fetch water from rivers
and aquifers.
 Health |Life |disease| Agricultural

More than 10% of people

worldwide consume foods
irrigated by wastewater that
can contain chemicals or
disease-causing
organisms..
FOCUS| Lack of unsafe water

„Imminent Water Crisis in India‟ Nina Brooks, August 2007

‘’India currently has the world’s second largest population.’’
 Manmade problem

 Extremely poor management, unclear laws,

government corruption, and industrial

 Human waste have caused this water supply crunch.

#Indian government must balance competing demands between rich

and poor, the economy and the environment.
REFERENCE| water scarcity

http://thewaterproject.org/water-in-crisis-india.asp
http://www.unesco.org
http://www.google.com
http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/water/e
http://www.arlingtoninstitute.org/wbp/global-water-crisis/606
http://www.africanwater.org/drought_water_scarcity.htm