...HDL2 April 2005 Problem/solution essays Length 250 words Time 45 minutes ❑ How to write a problem/solution essay ❑ Write 4 paragraphs ❑ Paragraph 1 Introduce the topic ❑ Paragraph 2 Identify the reasons for the problems and Give examples ❑ Paragraph 3 Suggest possible solutions with examples ❑ Paragraph 4 Conclusion: summarize in 2 sentences Now read the example ‘Water shortage is becoming a problem in the Middle East’. Now answer these questions: 1 What are the main reasons for the water shortage? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. What are the four possible solutions mentioned? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Water shortage is becoming a problem for the Middle East.” Discuss...
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...Summative Essay - Final Draft ‘The shortage of fresh water in the world is becoming a major challenge. What are the cause and effects of this situation? What solutions can be used to help address this problem? Describe the problem and discuss its different causes and effects. Give examples of solutions already used and possible future solutions.’ Student name: XIONG RONG (Cheryl) Student number: 0010073806 Class: 5A Course: WORLD SHORTAGE OF FRESH WATER Words: 950 Tutor: Joan Reid Submission date: 4th September, 2012 World shortage of fresh water The Earth, which has a variety of valuable natural resources, such as land, climate, water, mineral resources, is our common home. In 1993, the UN (United Nations General Assembly) determined the March 22nd as “World Water Day”, annually. Nowadays, more and more countries pay attention to water resources, especially in freshwater resources, because of its uniqueness and shortage. This essay will discuss water-shortage focusing particularly on four aspects: the problem, causes and effects of water shortage, and solutions. Some problems have been caused by water shortage. It is one of the most serious problems in the world. According to new researches salt water is far more than fresh water in the world. “97.7% of this is salt water; only 2.5% of this is fresh water, 0.26% of accessible fresh water.”(Sustainable World, 2003:4) Another problem is the increasing requirement of water. There is...
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...AE 3B Problem Solution Essay Assignment Essay’s topic: Water scarcity is one of the key environmental issue of our time. Identify some major causes of water scarcity and describe two solutions. Water plays an important role in developing and maintaining healthy ecosystems. However, water scarcity is an increasing and widespread phenomenon in many countries in the world. Water scarcity refers to either the lack of enough water or lack of access to safe water. The shortage of water is turning out to be more pressing than prediction. This essay will identify some major causes of water scarcity and specifically focus on the solutions of enhancing water stewardship and protecting wetlands. The first major cause of water scarcity is overpopulation. The rapid growth of population has led to a massive demand of water. In the last 50 years, the human population has increased more than double. Moreover, accompanying with population growth are economic development and industrialization. Population growth also results in the need of food, home and clothing, which has added more pressure on the availability of freshwater while water supplies are limited and insufficiently managed. If the consumption rate of water has continued at unsustainable levels, by 2025, two-third of the world population may face water shortage, and ecosystem around the world will suffer even more. Water pollution is the second major cause of water scarcity. It is the result of many reasons, including pesticides...
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...Deficient water resources: causes and solutions Water is vital for all living creatures on our planet and has become increasingly deficient recently. Global water problems are attracting increasing attention. There are a series of reasons causing this problem and some possible solutions will be raised in this essay. First, it is undeniable that the rapid population growth is a considerable contributor to water shortage over the world. Water shortages are becoming more and more serious in many areas of our planet due to the increasing demand on water supplies for households, agriculture and manufacture. Moreover, the lack of awareness about the value of water is another culprit of water crisis. In many countries where water is still available enough people tend to perceive water as either a cheap commodity or an infinite resource. For this reason, the unbridled use of water is commonplace, accelerating the exhaustion of this valuable resource. Spontaneously, governments also lack law enforcement to prevent water from being wasted, although this global problem is happening at an alarming rate. Human-induced pollution is worthy of concern as well, a factor regarded by many as the root cause of the rapid loss of drinkable water. The untreated discharge of numerous pollutants in water bodies such as heavy metals, organic toxins is believed to cause severe impact. Finally, climate change is drastically affecting the global water availability. For example, droughts occur...
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...slow down the growth of environmental deterioration.Meanwhile,the earth is facing obstacles caused by unprecedented water scarcity.It refers to the lack of usable water resources and the unsatisfied demands of water usage within most areas.It is obvious that water is the basic element of the world and the earth will become a totally different planet without water resources.This essay will suggest a dominant cause of water scarcity.And it will particularly provide two solutions of reusing municipal effluence and improving agricultural productivity. The conflict between decreasing useable water supply and increasing demand is a major cause of water scarcity.Due to the surging population and industrial development,there is an ever-increasing demand for fresh water.The harm of industrial waste has been ignored though.As a result,industrial pollution is gradually becoming an international issue which probably causes the global water scarcity.Combined with the negative effects caused by household effluent,these facts result in the phenomenon that many places in the world is running out of water(Carrington p. 5).Therefore,people’s daily life has been significantly influenced because of frequent droughts and deterioration of water quality.Most terrestrial animals are also in water shortage and the balance of nature has been disturbed. One good way to deal with the water crisis is to reuse municipal effluent.According to historical practices,domestic wastewater from toilets or shower...
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...Water scarcity The earth is now facing many problems such as climate change and droughts, and all of them result from human activity. Water scarcity is one of the biggest challenges because safe drinking water is reducing year by year. Nothing can survive without water as well as human beings so it is necessary to protect clean water from decreasing from now on. In this essay, three causes of water scarcity will be identified. It will also pay attention to the measures to solve the problem. The major cause of water shortage is the increasing demand. The continuous growth in population contributes most to the increasing demand (Robert 2005). As a result of the population explosion, people have no choice but to find and use more water though this may dry up the river and exhaust the aquifers (Hutson et al.2004). However, many people are still unaware of the importance of water that they just take it for granted. It is not a good phenomenon because daily use of water may also make the situation worse. In brief, people need more water and supply can no longer meet the demand. Another cause is pollution that the number of factories is increasing and many of them tend to release dirty water into rivers in order to save money. Therefore, it is harder to find clean water. Climate change is the other reason why water scarcity occurred. Due to the global warming, the ice is melting so less clean water can be used. One of the solutions to save water is to improve the technology. As the...
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...from human activity. Water scarcity is one of the biggest challenges because safe drinking water is reducing year by year. Nothing can survive without water as well as human beings so it is necessary to protect clean water from decreasing from now on. In this essay, three causes of water scarcity will be identified. It will also pay attention to the measures to solve the problem. The major cause of water shortage is the increasing demand. The continuous growth in population contributes most to the increasing demand (Robert 2005). As a result of the population explosion, people have no choice but to find and use more water though this may dry up the river and exhaust the aquifers (Hutson et al.2004). However, many people are still unaware of the importance of water that they just take it for granted. It is not a good phenomenon because daily use of water may also make the situation worse. In brief, people need more water and supply can no longer meet the demand. Another cause is pollution that the number of factories is increasing and many of them tend to release dirty water into rivers in order to save money. Therefore, it is harder to find clean water. Climate change is the other reason why water scarcity occurred. Due to the global warming, the ice is melting so less clean water can be used. One of the solutions to save water is to improve the technology. As the population grows rapidly, more water is needed to produce food and clothes. The use of water cannot be avoided...
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...exacerbating or causing stress on local water resources in some less developed countries. Review and discuss the evidence. 1 billion people do not have access to safe drinking water and estimates suggest by 2025 two thirds of the world’s population will be living in ‘water stressed situations’ (Momsen, 2004). Drinking unsafe water is a reality for many people living in less developed countries and can lead to life threatening problems including cholera. 96% of all infant mortality occurs in less developed countries and most are connected to inadequate water supplies (McDonald and Kay, 1988). As water is a necessary part of life, issues to do with water resources are hotly debated. One issue debated is connected to Coca-Cola, which has received a lot of criticism lately with questions raised over its attitude towards water resources in less developed countries. This essay will review the statement “Coca Cola’s operations have been blamed for exacerbating or causing stress on local water resources in some less developed countries” and discuss whether Coca-Cola deserves the bad press it had received. Images: (Business Week [www], Art [www], Weblo [www]) Coca-Cola, the world’s largest non-alcoholic beverage company, sells products in over 200 countries. While the company is economically successful, arguments suggest it has no concern for the environment. It has been referred to as; “A champion of unsustainable use of water globally” (Srivastava, 2006, [www]). ...
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...2010, which is higher than that of in China, US and Canada. It is predicted to reach 36 million in 2050. However, both positive and negative impacts come into being because of ‘Big Australia’. It impacts on environmental, social and economical issues in Australia. This essay will examine the influences of high population growth rate in Australia, and it will determine whether the measures should be taken by Australia government so that the population growth will be decreased. Large immigration in Australia has positive outcomes. Encouraging migrants can fill opening in the Australia job market. For example, there are lots of scarce jobs in Australia, such as male nurses and teachers. Encouraging migrants attracts lots of people who have enrich work experience of those scarce jobs to come to Australia, as a result of it, the jobs of male nurses and teachers can be enriched. For instance, skilled migrants can fill jobs as the reason that Negative outcomes also need to be considered with the large immigration. Firstly, there are not enough water resources for those migrants to drink. Australia is a country of lacking water seriously, if too much migrants immigrate to Australia, there would be not enough water afforded to Australian residents and migrants. Secondly, the houses for migrants to live are not enough. If Australia government build more houses to enable those migrants to live, the afforest area would be reduced. Therefore, too much people would destroy the Australia’s...
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...The problems faced by Developing Countries This is my essay on the problems faced by developing countries. A developing country is a poor country faced by many problems like Civil War, drought, famine and lots of diseases including Cholera and Typhoid. One of the problems is civil war. Civil war is a war between two areas of a country fighting for leadership. During a civil war many people are wounded or die. Children as young as 5 years old are made to fight in the war and some children are separated from their families. The government spend their money on weapons to help the country to fight. The money to pay for the weapons has to be borrowed from richer countries. This sometimes puts the government into debt, therefore they don’t have enough money to spend on building new schools and improving the health care in the communities. Drought and famine are another two problems for developing countries. Drought occurs when there is a shortage of rain water resulting in no clean drinking water. Famine is when there is not enough food for everyone. Famine is sometimes caused by drought because there is no water to help the crops grow, therefore there is a shortage of food. Unfortunately they do not have the resources to overcome the consequences of famine and drought which can result in dehydration, starvation and premature deaths. Cash crops are crops which farmers grow to sell to other countries to make money to buy food and clothing for their families. Some examples...
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...Name: Professor: Course: Date: Water Treatment, Desalination Water is an essential natural resource with a wide range of functions. Water treatment is a process aimed at purifying water for either consumption by human beings and animals or for irrigation. Several processes are applied during water treatment. Desalination is a process of removing salt and other chemicals from sea water. The process is complex with varied economic benefits, environmental and health impacts, and social impact as exemplified by this essay. Desalination involves separation of dissolved salts from brackish, wastewater, wells, industrial feed and sea water. The process of desalination is referred to as reverse osmosis. Water is forced to pass through semi-permeable membrane. Energy is required to enable water passage through the membrane. Reverse Osmosis uses stainless steel pipelines that are extensively iron based. An ancillary equipment is availed in accordance with the chloride concentration in each case. For the low levels of chloride, stainless steel pipe systems are applied. In the case of highly corrosive resistant materials, either super- austenitic materials or duplex stainless steels are used to handle high levels of chloride. Nanofiltration (NF) and Reverse Osmosis are the prevalent membranes driven by pressure. They removes salt and other impurities. The cost of desalination is high because it uses advanced technology that is applied by skilled personnel. It is an...
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...knowledge forms values, creates attitudes and influence behavior (Guidelines for Socio-cultural Analysis. Jonathan Renshaw ,Marie-Madeleine, Mailleux ,Sant`ana Volker von Bremen, 2001).Most scholars of culture would agree on the following characteristics of culture.In this essay I will explain the aspects that throw Coca-cola to difficulties in india. India`s water shortage and contamination Water scarcity has always been a problem for india. India`s water resource accounts for just 4% of the global water,, but it needs to feed 17 percent of the world's population. Moreover, India's total annual water consumption is expected to increase from 634 billion cubic meters currently to 1.18 trillion cubic meters in 50 years later. 40 years later. India can supply drinking water per capita will be less than half of 2001. In recent years. India's confronting growing water demand, but supply is dwindling. With the rapid population growth and economic development, coupled with a large number of agricultural areas of water irrigation, there will be a water supply crisis in India. In India, Coca-Cola and Pepsi have been criticized. In addition to the alleged security problems inherent in the product, the water shortages and pollution problems which caused by products is the real key that made local people incensed. Thus, the cola giants have suffered not only a product quality crisis, but also the responsible corporate image for hundreds of years . Indian Science and Environment centre...
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...local water resources in some developing countries. This essay will review and discuss the evidence for such claims using India as an example. Coca-Cola was banned from India by the Indian Government in 1977 but was allowed to return in October 1993 after agreeing to certain regulations. As India becomes increasingly Westernised, the popularity of Coca-Cola soft drinks and Kinley bottled water has soared, particularly amongst the younger generations and urban elite. Coca-Cola India, comprising of Hindustan Coca-Cola and Bharat Coca-Cola, now includes 27 company-owned bottling plants and 17 franchisee-owned bottling plants. Although there are benefit from the economic growth that Coca-Cola brings, the water shortages and pollution are having severe effects on the local people and environment. Such water issues are particularly devastating in India as the country already suffers from water pollution and severe droughts, in both urban and rural areas. Most affected are the marginalized and low-income communities, landless agricultural workers and women. Coca-Cola’s unsustainable mining leaves little water for locals, and the little water that villagers are able to access is often polluted, either directly or via contaminated vegetation and soil. The locals are often left with water that is of inferior quality in terms of taste and smell. Over 50 Indian villages are experiencing severe water shortages as well as contaminated groundwater and soil and Coca-Cola’s excessive water consumption...
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...Water, War and Peace in the Jordan River Valley Introduction The Great Rift Valley extends longitudinally from northern Syria more than three thousand miles into southeastern Africa. Sweeping laterally across North Africa, Arabia, and Asia we find the world’s most immense expanse of deserts. At the crossroads of this desert space and Great Rift Valley, the Jordan River flows two hundred miles from its sources in Lebanon, Syria and Israel to the Dead Sea, the lowest point on Earth . This dramatic geographic setting is home to some of the most ancient and continuously sedentary civilizations in known history. In this essay I intend to briefly explore the ecological history, sources, and climatic changes of the Jordan River, and give an overview of its political history. In a more in-depth investigation I will inquire how population increases during the past century have contributed to both conflict and cooperation between the diverse inhabitants of the region. Focusing on the major issues of water usage, distribution, and control, I will examine the negotiations, agreements, treaties, development projects and international laws governing the use of water from the Jordan River watershed. How have war, land disputes, and peace affected the management and distribution of this water? What is written in legal documents, and how successfully have terms of agreements been implemented? What importance do the clauses about water in the recent Jordan/Israel peace accords have...
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...seemed to be designed to have people crammed together with no room to move. Although Wolf’s main focus of his picture was to show viewers that the culture of Hong Kong starts in the homes of the people, I saw Wolf’s photograph as a look into the far more complicated issue of overpopulation, whose effects are currently felt worldwide and are slowly getting worse. Human overpopulation on earth is the leading cause of many of the planet’s problems. Overpopulation is defined as “excessive population of an area to the point of overcrowding, depletion of natural resources, or environmental deterioration”, (Answers). The problems caused by the overpopulation of humans range from the extreme of global warming/climate change, pollution, water shortages, desertification and depletion of other resources to other smaller problems such as deforestation, species extinction and overcrowding. However unfortunately, few governments or government officials around the world are willing to look at the big picture and instead try to solve the smaller problems such as global warming and climate change by looking at the smaller contributing factors and ignore the main cause. Though some do argue that there would be benefits in the utilization of a large population for the purposes of production, it is only rational to realize that all good results will be short lived because the...
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