Do you think we will ever run out of water?

Question

We have water restrictions in place now in Australia...I'm afraid there may come a time when we will not have any water left. Can this be possible?

Answer 1

The world will not run out of water. Large populous area may run short of water, but that is a supply and demand thing. As far as having no fresh water anywhere on earth, this is nsome doomsdayers silly fantasy.

Answer 2

Fresh water no but it will become a more rare commodity. However we will never run out of salt water, which can not be used for drinking but could be used for everything else in coastal regions thus freeing up fresh water for more inland places. I believe that Australia has always been rather arid so it must be water use age that has increased by both population and more machines in the house.

Answer 3

depends on who the "we" you're referring to is
there is a misnomer here when we say 'run out'

the world isn't running out of anything. it's the supply that's being interrupted

take water for example seeing as the world is over 70% water (or something)
I think WE'LL be long gone before anyone needs to start worrying about there being no water on earth, Unless a large crater sends it all into space, in which case I hope it lands on another planet where it can do my good.

(and i hope my children somehow make it too (in an air bubble?!! i'll stop being absurd 'cos this is a serious question :-)

what i mean by supply is like the thing happening with africa and food: we have food mountains in the west which gets wasted all the time, but since supplying the hungry with it is not economically viable (e.g. someone has to pay for the plane/ferry and to transport it to the villages... it can be done using just a few billion dollars, developing the infrastructure that allows Afria to help itself would also cost less than what America pays in 5 days to run the war in Iraq. Use two weeks worth of that money and that's world poverty gone right there. But the results of that would leave the west in a slightly less comfortable position economically.

we will start feeling shortages in oil prices because Russia will continue to hike its prices up and America will be forced to pay because she doesn't have enough oil to run herself... It's only a matter of time until Russia buys the company that runs British Gas and starts forcing the British to take note of them politically by driving up living prices.

it's not a problem of it (supplies) not being there, we could all live very happily together & in harmony if we really wanted to. the transport is there to help us, nothing new needs to be invented except for a spirit of good will but it won't happen because the world is greedy and the west will start to feel the pinch of what it/we have been doing to eastern and southern counries in the past just as soon once they take control of the supplies we've enjoyed leeching from them for so long...

there's my prediction for what will happen in the next five years, we'll start to feel the taste of our own bitingly bitter medicine...

Answer 4

Of course its possible, unless scientists find a more efficent way to purify seawater. Much of the water that is used in residential areas comes from underground reservors. They take much more time to refill then it takes to empty them. Once they are empty, communities have to pump clean fresh water from other areas. Much of the water on the planet isn't drinkable- either it is salty or it is contaminated. So sure, if people don't conserve water, it is possible to run out of drinkable water.

Answer 5

no, but we will have to find a way of controlling its production. 80% of the human body is water, and 2/3rds of the planet is water, so we will never run out. there is a cycle, so the water is always there, just in different forms.

Desalination from the sea is going to be the most appropriate way to obtain water from the ocean.

Answer 6

Where does the water go when you run out of water?

Answer 7

To answer Lele`s statement, about 70% of the earth`s surface is covered by water, of which 97.5% is salt water.

But we can survive by drinking our urine. It`s true, I saw it in a documentary called Waterworld. We will also grow fins to adapt to our new aquatic lifestyles.

Not that any answer can beat `Stop Looking At Me`s answer – now that`s in-depth!

Answer 8

My wine merchant reliably informs me that there is no shortage of 'water'. Indeed, he further informs me that the company factory making 'tonic water' is working flat out 24/7 trying to meet public demand. He further advises me that it is quite safe to dilute this tonic water with as much gin as you like!

Answer 9

Of course NOT! The majority of the world is made up of water. I forgot what percentage, but I think it is something like 95%.

Answer 10

No, if you are familiar with the water cycle, then you will see that water is never actually destroyed, it is simply redistributed.