FAQs about Water Pollution and Shortage

9. What is water scarcity?

Scarcity, in general, is the lack of some resource to satisfy one or more needs, which may or may not be the key to survival. In the case of water, it is essential for life, to the point that there have even been wars to obtain the precious liquid. Water scarcity is due to the lack of sufficient uncontaminated water resources to meet the demand for water consumption in a region.

FAQs about Pollution and water shortage

Updated an extended in August 2021

Pollution

1. What is the hydrosphere?

2. Why is water important?

3. What is water pollution?

4. What are the main water pollutants? 

5. What diseases does water pollution transmit?

6. Which are the countries that best manage their waters?

7. What should be done to keep the waters clean?

8. What are oligotrophization and eutrophication of lakes?

Shortage

9. What is water scarcity?

10. What are the causes of water scarcity?

11. What is water stress, periodic scarcity and water scarcity?

12. Can we finish drinking water on the planet?

13. What are the cities with the greatest water shortage?

14. Could wastewater be used to solve the water shortage?

15. Why is not the water in the seas desalinated?

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Sources

United Nations. Global Issues. Water. https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/water

United Nations. UN-Water. Water Scarcity. https://www.unwater.org/water-facts/scarcity/

UNESCO. Is wastewater the new black gold? 21/03/2017. https://en.unesco.org/news/wastewater-new-black-gold

UNESCO. Water Scarcity and Quality. https://en.unesco.org/themes/water-security/hydrology/water-scarcity-and-quality

Wikipedia. Water scarcity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_scarcity

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