{"id":34639,"date":"2018-05-19T20:22:57","date_gmt":"2018-05-19T17:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifeadvancer.com\/?p=34639"},"modified":"2018-05-19T20:22:57","modified_gmt":"2018-05-19T17:22:57","slug":"water-scarcity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeadvancer.com\/water-scarcity\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Scarcity around the World and 6 Clever Inventions That Could Solve It"},"content":{"rendered":"
When you are used to an infinite supply of water it\u2019s hard to imagine countries where water scarcity is a real problem. Many people enjoy the luxury of fresh water<\/a>, but a whopping 2.8 billion people<\/a> don\u2019t have access for at least one month of the year. Not only this but 1.2 billion people don\u2019t even have access to clean drinking water.<\/p>\n There are lots of reasons why a region might suffer from water scarcity. Changing weather patterns such as droughts or floods caused by climate change, an increase of pollution or sheer human demand. Some areas might have plenty of fresh water but it is situated in hard to access places.<\/p>\n Other areas may have had their water supplies mismanaged. Consequently, their water has not been used resourcefully.<\/p>\n Thankfully there are plenty of clever inventions that could solve the problem of water scarcity around the world.<\/p>\n Despite the fact that 71% of the earth<\/a> is covered with water, more than half of the earth\u2019s freshwater is found in our glaciers<\/a>. However, due to climate change, most of our glaciers are melting away into the oceans and this freshwater is lost forever. Chewang Norphel, an Indian engineer working in the Himalayas, wanted to solve the problem of the disappearing glaciers.<\/p>\n He decided he was going to create his own. So far he has made ten artificial glaciers<\/a> by diverting meltwater into plateaus where the temperature remains lower. During the summer months, this water can be then used for crops, drinking water and much more.<\/p>\nReasons for Water Scarcity<\/h2>\n
Here are six of them:<\/h3>\n
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Growing Glaciers<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n