Lack of fresh water is becoming a global issue of increasing importance. what problems does this shortage case? what measures could be taken to overcome these problems?

Nowadays, the topic of lacking fresh

water

over the world has aroused more and more attention from people and has been highly discussed. It can result in various

problems

.

Therefore

, correspondent measures must be taken in order to cope with them. The shortage of fresh

water

can lead to a host of

problems

. First of all, agriculture around the world could be the first victim. The limited freshwater must first meet domestic needs,

thus

less

water

could be used in planting crops, vegetables etc., which could cause hunger later on.

Secondly

, it gives additional but urgent stress on the development of technology. The contaminants in wasted

water

must be removed through technological methods

such

as filtering, and chemical purifying, and huge investments from governments are unavoidable.

Furthermore

, those relatively less developed countries neither have those technologies nor the money,

therefore

, they have no choice but to suffer from polluted

water

, which could lead to all kinds of health

problems

as well.

However

, the future could still be bright and the situation is not irreversible, if actions could be taken immediately. On the one hand, everyone should be conscious of the necessity of environmental protection. What we as individuals can do is,

for example

, turn off the

water

tap as soon as we finished washing. Don't let

water

and our brilliant future flow away.

On the other hand

, governments should be responsible for modifying the current laws and setting strict standards. As a majority of companies focused mainly on their profits, it is almost unrealistic to require them to be eco-friendly spontaneously.

However

, when the governments subsidize the companies that save

water

during their manufacture and punish those discarding a huge amount of wasted

water

, the

problems

could be at least partly mitigated. In conclusion, the lack of fresh

water

and an ensuing series of

problems

should not be trivialized. But I do believe when the government and every single person make their efforts from now on, the situation will not be worse and refinements can be expected in the near future.