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Water’s Importance?
behind it is to inform readers about the issues with drinking seawater and water that is not consumable to us.
M​any wonder why a lot of the water on earth is not
drinkable to us. The main reason is most of our water is hard to get and access. My first source states, “Of the waters occupying 70% of the earth’s surface, only 3% is considered freshwater. Furthermore, about 2.6% of this freshwater is inaccessible for humans....This leaves us with roughly 0.4% of the earth’s water which is usable and drinkable to be shared among the 7 billion of its inhabitants.” This source informs us about the amount of water that we have access to because the other 2.6% are in places where we could not get it like glaciers, polar ice caps, or even are polluted. Much of our water is hard to get which is why only a little part of it is accessible to us and anyone around the world. “And still, much of this 0.4% is hard to get to. Most of it flows through
underground aquifers which can be accessed by digging wells; the rest are found in rivers and streams which we refer to as, “surface water” says my first source. While many continue to
question why most of the earth's water is not available to use; the little that we do have is extremely difficult to find so searching for more will just make it 10 times harder for
Wellness 101 - Spring 2020
By Jennifher
rinkable water is something that many around the world struggle to find because about 3 percent of the water is drinkable on Earth. Many people work on maintaining our water clean, but one big question is why isn't every other percent of water drinkable to us humans. Throughout this article you will get your answer and the point