This document discusses global fresh water resources and issues related to water scarcity. It notes that fresh water makes up only 3% of the Earth's total water, with the majority located in Antarctica. Many countries face water shortages, while some like Norway have surplus water supplies. Poland has less available fresh water per capita than neighboring countries or the European average. Over a billion people worldwide lack access to clean drinking water. Rising population, urbanization, and climate change are increasing pressure on fresh water supplies and quality. Conservation measures like shorter showers can help reduce individual water usage.

1. GROUP 1
Anna Woszczyk - Poland
Maja Gewald -Poland
Natalia Baczewska - Poland
Noelia Afonso Martín - Spain
Gorka Arnay Esteban - Spain
María Samara Ascanio Castro - Spain
Lucía Castañeda Benites - Spain
Andrea Candelaria Domínguez Medina - Spain
Adil José El Founti Afonso - Spain
Philip - Germany

2. Fresh waters constitute scarcely about 3% of all
reserves of waters on the Earth and their size is
being estimated at the c 35 m ³ m. What's
interesting, their centre in the form of glaciers and
the snowy lid is biggest on Antarctica. Scientists are
estimating, that is there close the 61% of all fresh
waters on a planet, and remaining glaciers and snows in
the world are collecting the 9% of water.
Underground waters which they are drawing are a
source the second largest c 29.6% of stores, however
rivers, sweet lakes and shallow underground waters
constitute the 0.4% of the volume of all fresh waters
scarcely.

3. The majority of countries in the world is suffering to
the shortage of water, scarcely a dozen or so has so-
called surpluses. It is e.g. Norway, which on account of
relatively the little population and the cool temperate
climate have water in abundance. The bad situation is
ruling in Africa and some countries of Asia. Poland
against this background isn't coming out well - is one
from poorest in Europe of countries constantly grows
in water, but for her consuming. On average, in Europe
to one man he is falling annually to 5100 ³ m of life-
giving liquid, however in Poland only 1700 ³ m.

4. Aquatic resources in Poland falling to one
resident are smaller than in neighbouring
countries and much lower than the
European average. It appears from data
of the National management Board of the
water management that to one inhabitant
of Poland he is falling on average c 1580
m3 of water to the year, but average
stores to one resident of Europe it 4560
m3 / year.

5. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) above a
billion people in the world he isn't having access generally
speaking to the clean drinking water, in Europe they over 100
m are feeling. Also a deteriorating water quality caused by
the human activity is a relevant problem. Development of
urbanization, industry, farming, population increase of the
Earth results in the bigger use of aquatic resources and the
height of polluting them. Organisation for Economic Co-
operation and Development (OECD) is warning that the
demand for the drinking water will rise by the 55% to 2050.
Additionally a climate change causing extreme weather
conditions is a factor adversely affecting the state of the
hydrosphere (intense falls, floods, droughts)

6. Supplies of the fresh water aren't inexhaustible. It
is regarding underground waters above all - main of
their magazine on the Earth. These waters in the
large degree are being consumed than can be renewed
in natural hydrological circulation. Additionally a step
of pollutants of these waters is growing. With
primary sourcefor replenishing reserves of water sa
precipitations, which permeating base deep into they
are powering underground waters or are flowing down
surface waters to the sea. If falls are very intense
mainly a surface outflow of waters causes it, and in
little only a step permeation to base and powering

7. In the world over one billion two hundred
million people have a hampered access to
water, and 200 million are suffering from
desire. The World Health Organization is
estimating, that every day about 6000
children because of illnesses connected
with the scarcity of the drinking water
die what he/she is marking, that every 15
seconds one child is dying.

8. What to do in order to save
water?
To have a shower, instead of the bath. The bath in
the bathtub costs c 200 litres of water.
At brushing teeth, turn water, flowing from the tap
off, for the lavage of teeth use water from the small
mug. Specialists enumerated, that lavage of teeth
under the running water these are 9 litres of water
for the minute.
Check whether they don't have a leakage: water
meters and the installation supplying water to tap
waters or toilets; change gaskets worn out in fittings,
check whether the toilet cistern isn't leaking in the