Water Pollution

Fresh Water pollution

Today more than ever freshwater has become extremely rare. Though renewable if given many years, the rate at which humans are polluting water does not allow for the cycle to keep up.

 Already only 0.01% of water in the world is drinkable and useable for food preparation and agriculture. Yet we continue to pollute our water ways to such an extent that 25% of waterways in West and South Europe are extremely polluted. Because surface water is no longer safe many people and much of agriculture is dependent on ground water. But ground water is not reusable.

 We are now seeing organic, radioactive, thermal, metallic, acid, and chemical pollution in water. Aquifers are not exempt. Everything is affected. Even parts of the world untouched by humans are now being affected by pesticides that evaporate and rain down again.

It is not just the environment we are destroying either. 2.2 million people die every year from waterborne illnesses. Every 8 seconds it is a child.

The balance of our water cycle has been thrown off and now countless species, including humans, are suffering.