World Water Day
Yesterday was World Water Day, raising awareness of local and global water issues. Mexico City is hosting the 4th annual World Water Forum this year, the theme of which is, local actions for a global challenge. Water is the most valuable resource, and future wars will be fought over it if it becomes scarce. Ontario has 1/5th of the world's fresh water supply, so we're the envy of the world, but with that comes great responsibility. We Ontarians, more than anyone else should take steps to preserve this resource, and keep our eyes peeled for any envious people of the dry lands.
Kinda feel bad about that bath I took in my extra deep tub last night :(
Other notable dates:
April 22nd is Earth Day and October 14th is World Water Monitoring Day
posted by Desiderius1979 @ 9:22 AM
5 Comments:
I was under the impression that water (on a global scale) is an inexhaustible resource.
I mean the whole rain cycle thing means that moisture is always present in some state everywhere right, but not necessarily accessible at the same time that we may need it! No conservation method can change the inevitable rain cycle, unless of course we cover up all of our rivers and lakes with plastic to prevent evaporation!
I think the only thing threatening our water resources on whole, would be climatic change and not so much local consumption rates. Barring of course, those already arid regions and even then, I don't know of any nations that have been to war over water!
We are MAN ALMIGHTY yes ;) so long as there is intellect, hydrogen and oxygen in the atmosphere and some form of electricity, we could make the stuff if we had to!
CONSERVATION....Hmmm...
If, some areas become hotter & ultimately arid due to global warming, how is there much practical benefit to that situation for us to take a conservative approach over in areas that have abundant water supply, i.e. Ontario? I don't see how they are connected from a conservation perspective. Or are these global awareness days more a show of solidarity for those brethren who are actually suffering elsewhere in the world?
Please enlighten!
Clean, drinkable, fresh-water is very much exhaustible. Don't kid yourself, armed conflicts in Africa have occured over this very issue, and they will escalate with ever-growing populations...both on that continent and elsewhere. Water is the one resource we simply cannot live without. Oil, gold, etc...all meaningless by comparison, yet look how we've fought over them.
True, simple water conservation practices in Canada will not suddenly give arid regions more water, but that doesn't mean we should be wasteful and take what we have for granted.
"Clean, drinkable, fresh-water is very much exhaustible."
Indefinitely so? But what about the rain cycle? Please elaborate on your statement, I fail to register here!
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Poor Africans, always fighting we are! I wasn't aware though that water might have actually been what they meant when they said they were fighting for LAND! I guess, good farming land essentially equates to WATER! Makes sense, the war part, I mean.
You keep referring to this "rain-cycle" thing like it's the be-all and end-all. The rain cycle, cycles water, but it cannot remove pollutants from the water (it can to a limited degree filter out some but certainly not all) e.g. acid rain.
So, if we have pollution in ground water, surface water, and rain water, then are we not exhausting that resource?
That leaves ancient icebergs/glaciers as the only clean supplies of fresh-water.
Ahh, I understand now!
I kept having the mental image of water somehow mysteriously vanishing forever and it didn't make sense from a scientific point of view. :S
But I see what you mean regarding pollution and its plummeting effect on our clean water supplies. Thats outside the box thinking for ya and I stand educated! Cool beans!
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