Fresh water scarcity is a growing problem, particularly in developing countries, due to increasing population and climate change factors like drought. It affects access to education, health, food, and contributes to poverty. In countries like Tanzania and Kenya, lack of infrastructure and sanitation leads to water-borne diseases. Solutions include reducing water usage, helping rural communities access clean water, and developing technologies like desalination. International cooperation via treaties and development goals also aims to address this critical issue.

1. Fresh Water
Scarcity
By: Gabriela Clariond

2. Background Information
 Water is the
foundation of life.
 The two main points
of water scarcity are
quality and quantity.
 A growing population
increases the
demand for fresh
water.
 For a developing
country there is lack
of fresh water.

3. Importance of Water
 Education when people
are losing time to try and
search for fresh water.
 Health because lack of
clean fresh water makes
people suffer from
diseases.
 Hunger is when people
are not always getting
enough food due to the
loss of crops.
 Poverty if there is enough
fresh water then there
would be more sanitation
and the cycle of poverty
would break.

4. Freshwater Scarcity in Tanzania

5. Where and What fresh water scarcity affects?
 Lack of infrastructure and the access to water, not shortage of water.
 Climate and physical factors.
 High rainfall areas.
 Deforestation and soil erosion.

8. Tanzania

9. Diseases The water-related diseases are:
 Defective sanitation.
 Water-Breeding
Diseases
 Water-Washed
Diseases
 Water-Based Diseases
 Waterborne Diseases.

10. Examples of places around the world
 Gujarat, India
 Delhi, India
 Bangaldesh
 Mathare in Nairobi, Kenya

11. Freshwater Scarcity in Kenya

12. UN Millenium Development Goals
(MDG’s)
 1. Eradicate extreme poverty and
hunger
 2. Achieve universal primary
education
 3. Promote gender equality and
empower women
 4. Reduce child morality
 5. Improve maternal health
 6. Combat HIV and AIDS, malaria,
and other diseases
 7. Ensure environment sustainability
 8. Develop a global partnership for
development

13. Goal 7 of the Millenium Development Goals
Goal 7 has been subdivided into
four further goals:
 7a. Integrate the principles of
sustainable development into
country policies and programs
 7b. Reduce biodiversity loss
 7c. Reduce by half the
proportion of people without
sustainable access to safe
drinking water and basic
sanitation
 7d. Achieve significant
improvement in the lives of at
least 100 million slum dwellers
by 2020.

14. Recommendations
 “Canadians are the second
highest water user per capita
in the world.” – Home Depot
 Reducing amount of water
being used
 Global problem, not just
country problem
 Help towards ending this
problem

15. Solutions
 The Video Solution
 Desalinization technology
 A new treaty to specify water
sharing.

16. So, do you want to stop this problem?

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