Water And Sustainability
Water forms one of the most highly valued and precious resource as far as human life is concerned (Thomas, 1999:8). In fact, philosophers have constantly held that water is life. Ideally, without water life would not exist as all the biological existences greatly rely on a reliable supply of water. Animals and plants greatly rely on water for survival (Peter, 2007:3). Similarly, water supply is crucial for growing animals, plants, engraving chips and general support of life. However, the access to sustainable supply of water is seemingly limited (Thomas, 1999:7). In my opinion however, this is rather ironical if the argument that 75% of the globe is covered by water resources is anything to go by. According to Hunter (2009:2), despite the extensive water resources, the requirements exceed its supply thus making it limited. More so the water resources especially the underground usable water banks are rapidly getting depleted.
Theodore (2004) feels that if water resources are not efficiently managed, millions of people and other living organisms in the ecosystem could lack access to water which would mean end of life. Consequently, individual and governments around the world need to devise effective strategies of managing water resources for their absolute sustainability with a clear notion that lack of water would bring to an end life in the ecosystem (Prugh, Constanza, Daly, Goodland, & Norgaard, 2005). This paper therefore discuses the importance of water in supporting the ecosystem, and assess the programs for efficient water management to ensure long-term sustainability of water resources.
Water and sustainability
People across the world have over the years continued to take water for granted, despite it being one of the most useful substances on earth and which life solely depends on. Amazingly enough, scientists’ points out that water is the most readily found component but which has often not been taken seriously by many leading to its mismanagement. According to Prugh et al. (2005), it is this mismanagement of water resources coupled with dynamisms of the environment that threatens the sustainability of the water resources. Factors such as climatic change, increasing uses of water and rapid increase in world population while water resources continues to decline, is an indication that water may soon be insufficient to support its ecological requirements. The results of this imminent catastrophe are already manifesting themselves, with millions of individuals across the globe lacking sustainable access to clean water and thousands constituents of the ecosystem losing life due to lack of water despite its purported abundance and ease of accessibility. The uses of water are diverse. In addition scientists are constantly discovering new uses of water. However, the critical role of water in supporting life is unmatched.
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