Ensuring safe and sufficient water
- 1. ENVIRONMENTAL BASED SOCIAL ISSUE Submitted by Brhamyaja H J Natural science GCTE Thycaud
- 2. ENSURING SAFE AND SUFFICIENT WATER
- 4. WATER Clean and plentiful water provides the foundation for prosperous communities. We rely on clean water to survive, yet we are facing water crisis. Changing climate patterns are threatening lakes and rivers and key sources that we tap for drinking water are being overdrawn with pollution. NRDC experts are helping to secure safe and sufficient water for people and environment by: Promoting water efficiency strategies to help decrease the amount of water wasted. Protecting our water from pollution by defending the clean water act and advocating for solutions like green infrastructure.
- 5. Helping prepare cities , countries and states for water- related challenges they will face as a result of climate change . Ensuring that water ways have enough water to support vibrant aquatic ecosystems.
- 7. Dirty water is the worlds biggest health risk and continues to threaten both quality of life and public health. When water from rain and melting snow runs off roofs and roads into our rivers, it picks up toxic chemicals , dirt, trash and disease carrying organisms along the way. Many of our water resources also lack basic protections, making them vulnerable to pollution from factory ,farms, industrial plants etc. this can lead to drinking water contamination , habitat degradation and beach closures. We can protect our water from pollution by:
- 8. Drawing on existing protections in the clean water Act and working to ensure that the laws pollution control programs apply to all important waterways, including headwater streams and wetlands. Improving protections to reduce pollutants like bacteria and viruses, which threaten health and wellbeing. Establishing new pollution limits for top problem areas, such as runoff and sewage overflows.
- 9. PROMOTING WATER EFFICIENCY Despite the many existing pressures on our water resources , there are cost effective solutions that will allow us to transform our relationship with water. To address increasing water scarcity in many places in the nation. Promote investments and decrease water waste such as: Adopting sensible standards for efficient appliances, buildings and irrigation. Supporting cost- effective investments by utilities to help customers save water. improving pricing structures to save both water and money.
- 10. WATER AND CLIMATE CHANGE
- 11. From more severe and frequent droughts to unprecedented flooding, many of the most profound and immediate impacts of climate change will relate to water. More than one-third of our country will face higher risks of water shortages by mid- century as a result of global warming. Other impacts will include sea level rise, salt water intrusion, harm to fisheries and more frequent and intense storm events. Create tools that help the public and government officials to better understand and anticipate the water-related impacts of climate change at a state , country , and city level. We also promote ways to reduce wasted energy resulting from inefficient water collection, treatment and distribution.
- 13. Fish , birds and wildlife depend on clean water , just as people do . We should work to protect and restore important waterways to ensure that there is enough water flowing to keep these ecosystems intact and functioning.