Global Water Making the Difference

With escalating population and high living standards, water scarcity is hitting the World. Though our planet is blessed with three-fourth water, the irony is, only a small amount can be used for drinking purpose. While some corners of the globe have sufficient ground water supplies, there are places marked by severe water crisis. One of the primary reasons that is often pinpointed as the culprit behind the water shortage is the sudden change in climatic condition.

Our forefathers knew it. Ancient civilization further brings home the point – water is an absolute necessity. With the population increasing at a break-neck speed , artificial farming became inevitable but sources of water supply remained limited. The consequences were therefore quite expected – over drafting of natural ground water led to water scarcity. Miles and miles of land, which were once covered with trees now lie barren – due to deforestation. It’s now our turn to pay the price – face severe water scarcity. Research conducted by non-profit humanitarian organizations like Global Water, highlighted non accessibility of safe drinking water to be the chief cause of hunger, poverty and disease throughout the world.

On the request of United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), in the year 2001, an interesting research was conducted by Global Water . Based on the investigation, the report named “Groundwater Availability Study for Water-Short Developing Countries” emerged as an eye opener - detecting the presence of ground water in the water sparse regions of the world. In spite of the presence of groundwater, the resource remains underutilized

With years of experience Global Water has realized that temporary handouts during an emergency crisis are not an effective solution to the long-term regional health and other famine-related problems. The ultimate solution to the drought ridden areas is to find a permanent source of fresh clean water. Over the past 25 years, Global Water has developed a model that we call the Rural Outreach Water Supply Program (or ROWS Program). This model has worked well for implementing water supply projects in rural villages in many challenging developing country environments. Please visit Global Water’s website for more information on how Global Water is playing it’s part in the problem of Water Shortage, Clean Drinking Water Supply and the Water Scarcity issue in the developing countries.