Water is a valuable finite resource. Governments all over the world should control how much water their citizens use. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Aware of the precious

water

resources on earth

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become increasingly scarce, many people suggest that the government should have control over people’s

water

consumption.

Nevertheless

, I completely disagree with

this

suggestion. Many believe that controlling how much

water

citizens are allowed to use can result in

this

valuable element being used less wastefully and alleviate the worldwide

water

crisis, but I highly doubt

this

policy’s practicality. Admittedly, when

water

is put under stricter government control, citizens would more likely consume

water

more economically, and inhabitants in deprived regions could have more

water

available for their daily needs.

However

, the contributing factor to today’s shortages of drinkable

water

more likely lies in ecologically irresponsible factories whose annual waste disposal is, in fact, much greater than that from households.

In other words

,

this

policy, which fails to address the root of the issue, can hardly bring about any practical outcomes for

water

scarcity nowadays. On top of that,

this

water

-controlling decision is hard to carry out and even can be seen as a waste of national resources. People’s demand for

water

differs greatly as to many aspects

such

as their occupation, age bracket or health status. Athletes tend to require more

water

than those whose job is less arduous, and

similarly

, most patients are

also

in greater need of

water

for quicker recovery, so measuring the amount of

water

each citizen needs is nearly impossible. It would

also

be inconvenient for a person to have to ask permission from the local authorities for his or her increased fluid intake. As for the government, there has to be more public money paid for officials in charge of checking whether or not one has exceeded their

water

allocation before granting approval for their extra

water

request. In conclusion, controlling everybody’s

water

use may only be a theoretically effective solution. To practically deal with

this

issue, what should be prioritized is aiming at its underlying cause, which is enhancing public awareness in the

first

place.