Water shortage

Examples of Water shortage in the following topics:

• How businesses waste water

  • The amount of water in the world is finite, yet between 1900 and 1995 global water consumption rose sixfold – more than double the rate of population growth.
  • (BBC, news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3747724.stm) Interestingly, although our planet is mostly covered by water, more than 97% of it contains salt, making it unsuitable for drinking or irrigation (desalinating salt water produces one-third potable water and two-thirds poisonous, intensely salted waste that cannot be reintroduced into the environment without repercussions).
  • Currently, around 50% of the world's diseases are caused by contaminated water, and water rights have been – and continue to be – a worldwide source of conflict because water shortages often translate into food shortages and manufacturing difficulties.
  • The bottom line is that minimizing water consumption in business not only lowers operating costs, reduces water disposal expenses and promotes regional, national and international stability,it's also the right thing to do.
  • According to the Australian government (keep in mind that Australia is a chronically drought-stricken country), most businesses waste water in the same ways they waste energy and other materials.

• River Valley Civilizations

  • A hydraulic empire (also known as hydraulic despotism, or water monopoly empire) is a social or governmental structure which maintains power through exclusive control over water access.
  • Access to water is still crucial to modern civilizations; water scarcity affects more than 2.8 billion people globally.
  • Water stress is the term used to describe difficulty in finding fresh water or the depletion of available water sources.
  • Water shortage is the term used when water is less available due to climate change, pollution, or overuse.
  • Water crisis is the term used when there is not enough fresh, clean water to meet local demand.

• Climate Change and Biodiversity

  • Finally, global warming will raise ocean levels due to glacial melt and the greater volume of warmer water.
  • This could result in an overabundance of salt water and a shortage of fresh water.

• Human Population Growth

  • The exponential growth of the human population could lead to food shortages, global warming, and other issues of resource scarcity.
  • A primary concern regarding this growth is that the demand for ever-more food will lead to widespread shortages, as forecast by Ehrlich.
  • In addition to the threat of food shortages, human population growth is damaging to the environment in potentially permanent ways.
  • Greater Los Angeles lies on a coastal Mediterranean Savannah with a small watershed that is able to support at most one million people on its own water; as of 2015, the area has a population of over 18 million.

• The Revolutionary Army at Valley Forge

  • Due to a shortage of supplies that left approximately one in three men without shoes, many soldiers left a trail of bloody footprints behind them during the march into town.
  • Meat and bread were also in short supply, and soldiers often supplemented or replaced meals with items such as “firecakes” (a tasteless mixture of water and flour) or “pepper pot soup” (a black pepper flavored tripe broth).
  • The snow that collected around the camp was too sparse to be melted into water, and the damp conditions that resulted allowed disease to fester and spread easily.
  • Because of shortages of clothing and blankets, many soldiers injured from previous battles died from exposure.
  • The shortages were so extensive that, at one point during the encampment at Valley Forge, 4,000 men were listed as unfit for duty, and mutiny and desertions were ongoing concerns.

• Arguments for and Against Government Price Controls

  • This in turn limits the possibility of shortages, which benefits consumer.
  • Finally, when shortages occur, price controls can prevent producers from gouging their customers on price.
  • As Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman said, "We economists do not know much, but we do know how to create a shortage.
  • Instantly you'll have a tomato shortage. "
  • Price floors often lead to surpluses, which can be just as detrimental as a shortage.

• Impacts of Surpluses and Shortages on Market Equilibrium

  • The existence of surpluses or shortages in supply will result in disequilibrium, or a lack of balance between supply and demand levels.
  • Surpluses and shortages often result in market inefficiencies due to a shifting market equilibrium.
  • Inversely, shortage is a term used to indicate that the supply produced is below that of the quantity being demanded by the consumers.
  • Indeed, Garrett Hardin emphasized that a shortage of supply could also be perceived as a 'longage' of demand, as the two are inversely related.
  • From this vantage point shortages can be attributed to population growth as much as resource scarcity.

• How successful are eco-industrial parks?

  • In addition, reductions in millions of kilos'worth of materials, waste and emissions were also identified as well as significant decreases in the need for natural resources such as water.
  • After World War II, Finland suffered from severe energy shortages that forced Finish copper company Outokumpu to resort to ‘autogenous smelting' (or ‘flash' smelting) in which the heat produced by oxidizing metal is used to maintain smelting processes.

• Food Requirements and Essential Nutrients

  • Glycogen stores are used to fuel prolonged exertions, such as long-distance running, and to provide energy during food shortage.
  • Vitamins fall into two categories: fat soluble and water soluble.
  • The fat-soluble vitamins dissolve in fat and can be stored in your body, whereas the water-soluble vitamins need to dissolve in water before your body can absorb them; therefore, the body cannot store them.
  • Water-soluble vitamins are not stored in the body; therefore, you need to have them more frequently.
  • Water-soluble vitamins are found in foods that include fruits, vegetables, and grains.

• Scenario

  • In essence, Nikron and the townspeople have a symbiotic relationship; without the factory, Samstonian would suffer unemployment, and without the people, the factory would have a manpower shortage.
  • Beneath the headline, "What's Wrong with the Water?
  • What types and quantities of toxins are present in the local water filtration system?
  • As the students developed their ideas, they realized that they would need to obtain water samples from the water filtration plant, various locations in the river, and from the town's tap water; air samples from the factory; autopsy results from samples of dead fish from the river; and toxin analysis records from the county's environmental health office.
  • Samples revisited the original question with the entire class: Is the town's water supply being contaminated by pollutants from the factory?