Water resources assignment
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Running head: WATER RESOURCESWater Resources (How water is currently affecting the world’s health and its possiblesolutions)Name of the Student:Name of the University:Author Note:
1WATER RESOURCESTable of ContentsIntroduction................................................................................................................................2Literature Review.......................................................................................................................2Possible solutions...................................................................................................................7Conclusion..................................................................................................................................9References................................................................................................................................10
2WATER RESOURCESIntroductionThe crisis of water is considered to be a health crisis. Access to sanitation and safewater means the opportunity of improved health as well as the ability to fight water bornediseases. Moreover, proper accessibility to safe and clean water means improved health forboth women as well as girls, who no longer have to find safer place to urinate. It increasesdignity and also reduces psychological stress for women and girls. It also reduces thephysical injuries caused to men and women by constant carrying and lifting loads of water(Clarke, 2013). At times, women and girls also have to face some serious troubles andassaults, while going to remote or dangerous areas in order to relieve themselves (Marmot etal., 2012). The purpose of this report is to throw light on the topic of how water is currentlyaffecting the world’s health and what are its possible solutions. In addition to this, the reportfocuses on existing articles and theses in order to present a clear idea of the current situation.Reviewing the secondary sources has helped in understanding the situation of women andhow they get affected while collecting water. Marsalek et al. (2014) examined that womenare however, disproportionately affected by the crisis of water, as they are responsible forcollecting water from remote areas. Many a times, they get sexually harassed due to thosedangerous and isolated zones. Moreover, lack of sanitation and water lock women in thepoverty cycle, degrading their health as well. The report further discusses the issues whichare connected with water scarcity; like hygiene, pollution, sanitation, aquatic life and others. Literature ReviewAccording to Pickering & Davis (2012), women as well as girls spend around fortybillion hours a year to collect water from remote areas. Safe as well as readily available water
3WATER RESOURCESis immensely important for the public health, be it for domestic use, drinking, recreational orfood production purposes. Improved sanitation and water supply as well as bettermanagement of the water resources can help in boosting the economic growth of thecountries. This in turn, will contribute greatly to the reduction of poverty. In the year 2010,the United Nations General Assembly recognized explicitly, the right of human beings tosanitation and water. Cosgrove & Rijsberman (2014) stated that each and every individualhas the right to continuous, sufficient, safe, physically accessible and affordable water forboth personal as well as domestic use. In the year 2015, approximately 5.2 billion people were able to use safely managedwater services, for domestic and drinking purposes. They used improved sources of waterwhich were readily available to them and located on their premises. The water services wereavailable when needed and moreover, it was clean and free from contamination. However,the remaining 2.1 billion individuals had to manage their daily activities without fresh andpollution free water. Over 1.3 million people had to depend on the water sources, which werelocated within the round trip of thirty minutes. Moreover, as per sources, 263 million peoplehad limited water services and those were available far away from their residential areas(Meara et al., 2015). Moreover, as per Pickering & Davis (2012), around 423 million people collects waterfrom unprotected and wells that give rise to water borne diseases. In addition to this, over 159million people collect water from untreated and unhygienic sources like lakes, streams, riversand ponds. Sharp economic, socio cultural and geographic inequalities persist not only in therural or urban areas, but also in the cities or towns, where people live in illegal settlements,informal or lower income segments. These individuals have lesser accessibility to improvedand hygienic water sources, than the ones belonging to the middle, upper middle and higherclasses. Jalava et al. (2014) mentioned in his paper that poor sanitation as well as
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