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Editor’s Choice Need to know
The global water crisis
Water Crisis humanity, with 844
poses a dire threat to
million people lacking
access to clean water and
40% of the world's
living
population
water-scarce areas. in
To combat this crisis,
Water is life, an element key to human survival, important for economic innovative solutions such
development, and so essential to keep the environment alive. In the light as desalination, rainwater
of this critical essence, the world holds; our world is still embarking on an harvesting, and greywater
are
essential,
reuse
unprecedented water crisis. The drivers remain interlinked with population alongside investments in
growth, climate change, mismanagement of water, and rising pollution. Against water conservation and
this backdrop, the essay addresses the dynamics of the global water sustainable management
practices.
crisis, its implications, and plausible strategies toward a sustainable
water future.

01 Understanding the Water Crisis

There is a comprehensive perception regarding the global
water crisis in which water resources are nearly inadequate in
comparison with water demand. The causes of the crisis identify
some points of view: physical water scarcity, economic water
scarcity, and deterioration of water quality.

1.1 Physical Water Scarcity

Physical water scarcity is a dimension realized when some nations world-
wide do not have physical amounts of water resources likely to meet
population demand. The term is most of the time related to unequal
distribution of water resource endowment in different parts of the
globe. Actually, the Middle East and North Africa are one of the most
water-scarce regions globally, with its naturally limited amount of
fresh water arising from arid and semi-arid nature.

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