Most individuals cannot understand how there can be water shortages in the world seeing that experts tell us that the amount of water on earth is the same as it always was. I mean, with water in the air, in the earth and on the earth, in the sky and in oceans, rivers and lakes, how can there be a water shortage?
The problem is not that there is less water on our planet, but that the water that is on earth is in different places and is released in different places due to global warming. The other reason is that even where there is water, much of it is wasted via dripping taps and broken pipes before it even reaches the consumer.
Although there is a lot of water on earth, there is not that much available because less than 1% of it can be used as drinking water and it is spread around and not all of that can be easily accessed.
The water on planet earth is distributed as follows:
- Oceans contain around 97% of earth’s water; around 2% of this water is frozen;
- Antarctica is home to approximately 90% of the world’s freshwater supply;
- Around 20% of surface water is in the atmosphere or groundwater, and the balance is surface water;
- Fresh water can be found in lakes, rivers, groundwater, streams and in the atmosphere
The rest of the water can be found in the bodies of living things, including animals, fruit, vegetables, and humans. Our bodies consist of around 70% water, spread around the skin, bones, brain, blood, heart, kidneys and every single cell in your body. On average, the human body contains around 37 litres of water.
Apart from the amount of water wasted by us humans (even a tiny drip from a leaking tap can waste a massive 75 litres of water in a day), water is also lost due to evaporation by the sun (a trillion litres per day) and nature (one tree gives up around 265 litres of water in evaporation daily), which is why we all need to save water wherever we can.
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