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Soumi answered on Jun 06 2021
Running Head: SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMEN 1
SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT 4
SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT
Table of Contents
Introduction 3
Water and associated problems 3
Critical analysis of the issue and management policies 4
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 5
Conclusion 9
References 10
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Introduction
Water is a necessary resource that is required by every living entity on this planet from plants, to animals and human beings. Even if earth consist enough water bodies, still the total potable water is only 1% and even if recyclable nature of this resource is considered, it still requires a sustainable use. This is majorly because due to increasing population accompanied by global warming, global precipitation rates are not only reduced but also they become irregular
As a result, some nations receives ample precipitation, which has the potential to full fill their water needs however, some nations do not and therefore a global concept of sustainable water use is required so that every individual in every nation could have equal water availability. In this essay, sustainable water management and issues related to the management are being discussed along with the possible reforms and provisions.
Water and associated problems
Being a most necessary resource for the survival water is being utilized in almost every activity; however, these normal activities do not affect or cause water crises instead the misuse of water during these activities leads to water crises. The overall water availability is fulfilled through the ground water and the fresh water rivers and lakes. However, out of overall global population 844 million people do not have access to potable water that is 1 out of every 9 individuals in this world cannot afford to have potable water (Inclusive Social Department, 2019).
Due to this, water crises emerged out as the number 4 global risk in terms of impact to the society (Water.org, 2019). Water crises arise majorly due to certain reasons, as supported by Barlow and Clarke (2017), such as the misuse of available water and unavailability or non-usage of water conservation techniques. Due to this, major rivers such as Colorado river in western U.S and Yellow river in China no longer reaches the sea that is they dry even before reaching the sea because of the over pumping of the aquifers and inability to save the over pumped water.
Moreover, due to increasing industrialization and globalization more land is being humanized that is had been indulged in human activities due to which, major reservoirs such as the wetlands have become lost. These are important because even if the water is non-potable for human use, it still contributes towards the evaporation and evaporation that is maintained water cycle, and as a result, precipitation now vary greatly in quantity as well as geographic locations. Poff et al. (2016) suggested that even if humans are unable to solve the issue of disturbed water cycle, they could still try to maintain the preexisting equilibrium by inculcating sustainable water management strategies, which provides techniques for an efficient water consumption and therefore, can also prove as a rationale towards the efforts in water conservation.
Critical analysis of the issue and management policies
Water is a finite as well as an irreplaceable source that can only renewed. Any other alternative of water has not yet been discovered that livings systems can accept. Moreover, with the increasing global population water renewal had emerged as a difficult task and therefore, along with water renewal, which is a natural process, water management is also required. Water management policies do not affect the water volume or percentage on this earth, even the do not affect the renewability of water therefore over all water management policies has nothing to do with the naturally occurring water cycle instead it deals the consumption statistics or the usage (Inclusive Social Department, 2019).
Water consumption has increased, which is acceptable due to the increase in population. However, the misuse of water has also increased, which cannot be accepted since, total percentage of water is according to the carrying capacity of nature and therefore, water wastage will ultimately result into non-availability of water, which is now a current scenario being faced by African countries where adequate water supply is not available. Hence, there have been applied certain strategies at global as well as national levels, which focuses towards the improvement in water consumption patterns and some of them...