WATER FOR HUMAN WELL-BEING

Water is very essentials for humans. Everyday humans need clean and fresh water for drinking, sanitation, bathing and cooking. Human can live without food about a month, but without water human can survive only about a week.
The earth’s total amount of water has volume of about 344 million cubic miles. The overall amount has remained the same since the earth was formed. But only 2,5% of the total amount of water on earth can be classified as fresh water and less than 1% can be used as drinking water.
It is obvious that water supply on earth is very limited while life style changes make humans use more water each year. Population and industrial growth add new source of water pollution and contamination make clean and fresh water supplies on earth decrease.
Many efforts have been done by public water systems to improve water quality but readily accessible water supply for all world population is still insufficient. Not all regions on earth have improved water supply. Not all people have access to safe water.
Most people, especially poor people living in slums have to pay very expensive to buy clean and fresh water. In other regions, people have to walk kilometers to fetch water. Even more we hear often people consume polluted and contaminated water although it is quite possible they get water relate diseases as a result. Some observers have estimated that by 2025 more than half of the world population will be facing water-based vulnerability and by 2030 in some developing regions of the world, water demand will exceed supply by 50%.
Concern about the critical condition United Nation General Assembly with recommendation of 1992 UN Conference of Environment Development declared March 22 as World Day of Water (also known as World Water Day).
The observances of the World Water Day aim focusing attention on the importance of clean and fresh water and raising awareness about the sustainable management of water resources. Each year the World Water Day has different theme that highlights a specific aspect off clean and fresh water. The theme of the World Water Day 2010 is communicating water quality challenge and opportunities.
It is very important to consider not only quantity of resource but also water quality in water management. Because water quality affects condition of ecosystem and human well-being. Sufficient good quality water can support the creation of human and environmental health. Human well-being can be achieved more easily by healthy human who lives in healthy environment.
Activities and campaigns of the World Water Day 2010 is aimed to raise awareness about sustaining healthy ecosystems and human well-being through the increasing of water quality and encouraging governments, organizations, communities and individuals around the world to proactively raise the profile of water.
As part of the world population, we can involve in World Water Day themes implementing. Wisely use clean and fresh water and reuse domestic waste water are simple actions we can start from home to save water usage. Besides, we can also prevent and reduce water pollution and contamination by not disposing of waste into rivers.
Where there is a will, everyone can do any simple actions that affect greatly to save water supply on earth.
Save water on earth now for present and future human well-being.

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