Water Crisis || ESOL

Water Crisis

Water is a natural resource that the human needed to survive. Water is not only a liquid substance for us to drink and for us to stay hydrated but it can also be one of the resources that produce energy. However, since a long time ago the water is starting to change and it’s becoming a problem all over the world. Human is abusing and taking advantage of our natural resources. The water is polluting because human is just disposing of their garbage after activities and also the factory is dumping industrial waste in the sea but here are some reasons why water pollution is bad for us and the environment and why should we reconsider our action.

Firstly, because the water is becoming polluted the other renewable sources that also needed water is not being sustained. Living things in the water are another example of resources that are affected by pollution. These living things in the sea are in danger because as the water is polluted, the nitrogen also increased in which means the nutrients that fish are getting is starting to reduce as the surface is cover in plankton and at the same time it also increases that lead to an algal bloom. This also results for the living creatures have a higher chance of death as they can’t get enough oxygen and nutrients.

As human dumped waste materials in the sea or ocean all animals are in danger. If you think that the only animals that are in danger are the fishes and other sea life animal, well you are wrong. The birds are also in danger because they often get food resources from the sea. Birds like cormorant eat fishes but since the water is filled with waste material they mistook the plastic as a food, this causes them to die. Every year millions of sea birds die from plastic as plastic takes so long to break up into pieces.

Another reason is that polluted water is harmful to the environment and to humans, even though humans is one of the reason, we are affected by the issue since all organisms depend on water sources. The world is covered in water but 96.5% of body water contained saltwater in which people cannot drink and this also means 3.5% of it are freshwater. If this pollution continues to occur, the living organisms and humans are in danger as it reduces the supply of fresh water. Because of the water pollution, humans’ health is at risk as the water is contaminated.

Even though water pollution is a long term problem, we still need to take action to save water and solve this issue. We can be part of an organization that is cleaning the water and we can also help this by reducing the amount of water we used and not dumping rubbish everywhere. This may take a long time but we cannot just avoid this problem since all living things on the Earth are affected by it. We should also think about the next generation that can be affected as this issue enlarge and we should solve before it’s too late.