| Freshwater Resources Are in Danger If We Ignore | | | | viruses. Diseases will spread between people, |
| Them | | | | especially between children. Spending money on the |
| Introduction | | | | health sectors will increase in horrible way. Hospitals |
| "People, stop doing that!" a small | | | | and clinics will get crowded of sick people and some |
| kid said that when he did not find any clean and | | | | people will not have a good treatment. This whole |
| fresh water to drink. In some countries, people are | | | | thing in turn definitely will affect the national |
| left with no drinkable water. Viruses have appeared | | | | economy and it will be a national crisis. |
| everywhere and the society is getting closer and | | | | Scientists Are Working on The Problem |
| closer to the end. However, in other countries, | | | | The effects of the problem start |
| people are polluting water resources without mercy. | | | | to appear, what made the scientists to think about |
| This is happening to the freshwater resources around | | | | the problem seriously. Research centers have been |
| the world from which people drink. Many things have | | | | established just to find solutions for the problem. |
| to change. People need to know the problem, the | | | | Everything will be clear if the causes of the problem |
| causes, the solutions and what they have to do. | | | | are known. By this way, scientists can find the main |
| Some Facts Are Not Clear to Everybody | | | | causes of the problem. The main goal is to treat the |
| Long time ago, before the 20th | | | | problem itself not the effects. After a while, closed |
| century, the world population was not as much as | | | | doors began to open and solutions flow out. The first |
| today's. natural resources were enough for | | | | solution is to stop disposing industrial waste to the |
| everybody to live in a good standard. They did not | | | | rivers and lakes. Industrial waste can be recycled to |
| have to desalinate the seawater for drinking. As the | | | | give us new materials that people can use in their life. |
| population increases, the quantity of the natural | | | | The second solution is to reduce smoke that pollutes |
| resources, specially freshwater, decreases. | | | | the air and in turn rain water will be polluted. |
| Nowadays, it is very hard to provide clean and fresh | | | | Scientists have found a good way to treat that |
| water to some societies. People have started to | | | | smoke so it can be cleaner. Stopping the smoke |
| think seriously how they can provide water for | | | | from factories cannot happen but healing the smoke |
| everyone in the world. Some countries, which have | | | | will reduce the pollution because smoke is a collection |
| lots of freshwater, made contracts with other | | | | of chemical gases and it can react chemically. Some |
| countries just to supply water. | | | | factories use filters, which consist of some chemical |
| After the 20th century, the world | | | | compounds, just to react with the smoke and |
| became an industrial world. This style has lots of | | | | produce new materials. By this way, the pollutants will |
| disadvantages. The most important one is the | | | | disappear relatively. The third solution is to change |
| possibility of polluting the air and the water. some of | | | | the fuel of cars, buses, trains and airplanes. Rather |
| the industrial countries have no idea about the | | | | than using petrol fuel, scientists found another fuel |
| problem. They keep developing and establishing new | | | | for those transportation vehicles which is hydrogen. |
| factories to catch up in the world. This is really | | | | This new kind of fuel is the best fuel can ever be |
| unbelievable that people are going to the end of life | | | | used because it is friend of environment. |
| because of them. | | | | |
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| | | | | The People's Duty |
| Causes of The Problem | | | | Everybody in this world have to |
| The most dangerous cause is | | | | know this problem and the effects of it. |
| industrialism. It is dangerous not because of the | | | | Governments should establish forums and seminars |
| industry, but because of the way that people use | | | | to introduce the problem to the majority and to give |
| factories with a lot of smoke rising to the | | | | the solutions brought by scientists. Ministries of |
| atmosphere and a lot of disposed industrial waste in | | | | education must put a subject for students to |
| the freshwater resources such as rivers, lakes, | | | | educate them about the crisis. This will give us |
| underground water, etc. In modern cities, cars are | | | | graduates with new efficient solutions for today's |
| one of the most polluting source. It is true that | | | | and tomorrow's problems(Shady, 2008, p.11). People |
| people should use cars nowadays, but to have more | | | | must think about this problem seriously as they are a |
| than one car for a family is a big issue. Actually, the | | | | part of this planet. They have to sacrifice their |
| whole transportation system is polluting the natural | | | | time, effort and money and the governments have |
| resources. What is the relation between the smokes | | | | to convince people about that. Otherwise, nothing will |
| and water pollution? In reality, rainwater is one of the | | | | change by itself and the problem will complicate more. |
| main sources of freshwater. When the atmosphere is | | | | Conclusion |
| polluted with cars' and factories' smokes, the water, | | | | This is our planet, our world, |
| which comes from rains, will pass through the | | | | actually, this is our life and we are responsible for |
| atmosphere and in turn the atmosphere will pollute | | | | everything that happens. It is fair if we try to find |
| the water. Most of the time, this water is called acid | | | | the solutions for a problem but it is not fair to |
| rain. | | | | support the problem itself. This problem has to stop |
| Effects of The problem | | | | and we are the army that will stop it. The solutions |
| Lots of freshwater resources will | | | | are not efficient unless we cooperate. If we did not |
| be polluted. The world will have a freshwater | | | | cooperate and stop the problem, our children will |
| disaster(Hadeed ; Borromeo, 2003, p.1). People will | | | | have it more complicated. If that happens, our |
| start to look for other sources such as sea water. | | | | children may remember us as criminals. The |
| this in turn will cost governments a lot of money just | | | | importance of water is because " water is life " and " |
| to desalinate seawater. Another thing is that more | | | | all living things depends on water to support life |
| than 65% of fish species are living in freshwater | | | | function"(Shady, 2008, p.9). |
| which means they are threaten(Hadeed ; Borromeo, | | | | |
| 2003, p.1). This two main effects will cost countries a | | | | |
| lot to provide freshwater and food for the | | | | References |
| population. Another effect is that many beautiful | | | | Hadeed, L. & Borromeo, M. (2003). A Global |
| places, which have lakes, rivers or waterfalls, will | | | | Water Crisis. Website. Retrieved May, 17, 2009, from |
| close because the source of beauty is polluted. The | | | | |
| countries that depend on the tourism will have its | | | | Shady, A. M. (2008). Water Scarcity: Can We Live |
| economy affected. The polluted lakes and rivers will | | | | With It ? Resource, 15(3), 9-11. Retrieved May, 17, |
| be good environments for microorganisms and | | | | 2009, from ProQuest Biology Journals database. |