Ensuring the Resource-Water - Case Study Example

Ecology Water is one of the many resources that is not in abundance, and will run out eventually if we do not corrective measures. Already many countries across the globe, including Africa at the top of the list are facing water shortages, while according to one prophecy, there are high chances whenever the third world war takes place, its cause would be water. Even in United Arab Emirates, there is a shortage of water and what is rather shocking is that water bills make up a very high proportion of one’s total living expense.

The term water bill does not only include water for sanitation use, but also drinking water bottles, and it needs to be known that they are highly expensive across the country, almost around the same price as petrol. We need to take some measures as a country to ensure we utilize water efficiently so as to ensure the resource lasts for a while and our younger one are not deprived of the key resource. To start off with we should limit out use of water, which sheds light on our fist R-Reduce (Roca and Curto, 2007).

WE can do this by only consuming water when required, switching off taps when the water is not in use and placing fines on wastage of water. The second R-Reuse tells us to reuse the water rather than wasting used water. To think of it, water used by human can be used for watering soils amongst other things. Also drainage water should be stored and diverted to where it can be used, rather than supplying fresh water. The third and final R is Recycle and focuses on recycling water once it has been used.

The water used up can be recycled by plants that can be setup by the UAE government, and then be supplied to the people living in UAE. While its acceptability may cause questions, people should be explained about its benefits to the society as a whole and its use should be encouraged. There is only one key difference that needs to be understood here. Whereas reuse means using the water in its current state, recycle refers to the act of recycling it before using it. Reference Roca, N., & Curto, R. M. (2007).

The three Rs: Reuse, reduce, recycle. Hauppauge, NY: Barrons Educational Series.