Water Crisis!!!!!!!!?

Question

What are some ways We americans can help stop water shortages in developing countries such as africa?

Answer 1

And Grizz is right there are crisis es in many places ,Australia ,Northern China ,Parts of Mexico,and of course Africa,
and they are increasing not getting less ,year by year

the people must help them selves and somebody must teach them how.

America seems to harm more than help in many cases
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To help water shortages we must preserve the forests .to do that we need to improve economic situations for the people who live on the edges of forests to stop them from slash and burning them,an almost impossible task.

People must stop over pumping deep(carbon) aquifers,or taking huge quantities uncontrolled out of the rivers (which run dry ,part of the year,by the time they reach farmers at the bottom,)

To get that far we need to teach farmers to harvest and conserve water ,persuade them to use economic drip irrigation systems instead of open sand ditches.

This is what we do in Mexico .
and this involves many instructors who go collectively to thousands of meetings all over the country.

And in the towns the municipalities must govern public water use ,this rarely happens,unless the crisis is dire even then,very few people comply,i know i worked for a Mexican ecology department .

My answer on WATER HARVESTING
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In Africa things are even worse out of control
expanding populations have deforested huge areas ,Changing forests into semi deserts ,the little water that is left is contaminated ,And in many places there is no foreseeable hope.

and whole rivers have dried up changing vast Eco Systems ,recovery is not possible. And the only possiblility in the long run is the same as mentioned above ,But who is going to do that ???

some small communities have had help on a very small scale ,pumps pipes labor cost money
and good & adequate water supplies are further and further away.

Answer 2

Well, the most direct way in which you can help is simply seek out a charity or organization who's main purpose or goal is getting clean water to everyone. A great way to help also is just to save water. While it is really indirect, the less water we use, the less is demanded for the US and the more we can get to foreign aid. Unfortunately water is something that is very regional, and is in very short supply in many parts of Africa north or near the Sahara. If everyone gave a little of their income, and used a gallon less water a day, imagine the difference in just one city or town! Do small things but with great intentions. If everybody did that, we'd have a much happier world.

Oh, and in response to the pessimists above me, there is a fixed amount of water in the world. Water doesn't just "appear" or "disappear". A drought simply means water is being concentrated on other parts of the world and is sparser in others.

Answer 3

That isn't the only water crisis.

Australia is in the midst of a seven years of drought. They fight fires every year as large as the Province of New Brunswick.

The Great Lakes are at their lowest levels and dropping. They are the largest body of fresh water in the world and you think the water crisis is half way round the world in Africa.

Answer 4

We can help by only using what are body needs not more but enough. When you have irrigation system or crops that need water they use all this to help there crop grow. It is to much being wasted.

I believe we should help other countries but we also have the problem as well. Water is scarce nowadays.

Answer 5

I am so tired of the United States being held responsible for fixing problems in the rest of the world! When is some other country going to fix a problem for us in the U.S.?

Answer 6

Stop flogging them GM crops which they can't afford and damages thier native agriculture systems, ecosytems, native flora, and water reserves.