Munkeh111 on 16 April 2012
| green_sky said: Canada has around 20% fresh water reserves of the world and 7% of that is renewable. Water shortage will be a huge factor is some of the fast growing nations. The demand for clean drinking water should be seriously looked into. People just need reason to fight. First oil and than maybe water. At least with water one can understand a bit more. Also i hate the stupid bottled water. Not completely on topic but here is some interesting facts for thy eyes. http://www.businessinsider.com/facts-bottled-water-industry-2011-10 |
I agree, it does seem like an issue, though the UK is not really the problem, I believe China are the ones who are going to struggle the most. The UK's problems can mostly be solved by replacing our aging piping, once again, the fact that we did everything first is coming back to haunt us, as the Victorians didn't really imagine the modern demands
Having said that stuff looks bad, to me the solution is simple for many places with a lot of sun, offshore solar desalination plants! Probably very expensive, but would provide a renawable source of water
