Vanshree Trust

Yesterday, I was driving back home in my Air conditioned car after 9 hours at workplace. During day,  I spent most of my time in working in front of the computer. to quench my thrust I had 2 glass of cold drinks, 2 cups of coffee in entire day. Then had work out at Gym for 45 minutes, just before driving back home. The drive was about 39Km which took 50minutes.

I was thirsty, I could have stopped by and had some water; I didn’t. In laziness I did not even have water at office. The thirst was so intense that, I forgot everything else and started driving faster and faster to reach home. But this small instance made me realize how mad it gets if you remain thirsty for even some time. Not only that in the scorching summer heat of Ahmedabad my car engine was also heated up due to lack of water (Coolant).

This made me think write and search about importance of Water. Can we ever imagine even a day without a drop water???? I am sure all answers will be same – affirmative

The water you drink today has likely been around in one form or another sincedinosaurs roamed the Earth, hundreds of millions of years ago.

While the amount of freshwater on the planet has remained fairly constant over time—continually recycled through the atmosphere and back into our cups—the population has exploded. This means that every year competition for a clean, copious supply of water for drinking, cooking, bathing, and sustaining life intensifies.

Water scarcity is an abstract concept to many and a stark reality for others. It is the result of myriad environmental, political, economic, and social forces.

Freshwater makes up a very small fraction of all water on the planet. While nearly 70 percent of the world is covered by water, only 2.5 percent of it is fresh. The rest is saline and ocean-based. Even then, just 1 percent of our freshwater is easily accessible, with much of it trapped in glaciers and snowfields. In essence, only 0.007 percent of the planet’s water is available to fuel and feed its 6.8 billion people.

Due to geography, climate, engineering, regulation, and competition for resources, some regions seem relatively flush with freshwater, while others face drought and debilitating pollution. In much of the developing world, clean water is either hard to come by or a commodity that requires laborious work or significant currency to obtain.

Water Is Life

Wherever they are, people need water to survive. Not only is the human body 60 percent water, the resource is also essential for producing food, clothing, and computers, moving our waste stream, and keeping us and the environment healthy.

Unfortunately, humans have proved to be inefficient water users. (The average hamburger takes 2,400 liters, of water to produce, and many water-intensive crops, such as cotton, are grown in arid regions.)

According to a research by the United Nations, water use has grown at more than twice the rate of population increase in the last century. By 2025, an estimated 1.8 billion people will live in areas plagued by water scarcity, with two-thirds of the world’s population living in water-stressed regions as a result of use, growth, and climate change.

-Article by Vanshree Volunteer.