I am so lucky that I live in an environemnt where I always have clean waters by hand. Luckily in Canada, water is also not a scarce resources but there are places in the world, like Mexico City, people live under the pressure of day 0 which is the date that there will be no clean water resources in the city. I believe it is a basic but essential right for all human livings to have clean water for daily life, while a complete violation of law and morals with any action that waste water resources.
Thus I envision a world where all people have access to clean water for life and safe water for drinking, in the mean time aware the value and importance of this natural asset provided to us, so we do not add extra burden to our ecosystems by taking the water.
To achieve this, we should first divide the steps according to the usage of water on earth nowadays. individualsā daily use only account for a tiny bit in the whole water usage, most of the water usage is on industrial and production, from where we made our clothes, grow our food and the production of commercial goods. Therefore, industrials should first start recycle their water usage. Government should invest more on the projects that recycle, purify and protect water ecosystems. When shifting the responsibility to individuals, municipalities should deeply admit the value of water. And government should have policies that increase water price after a certain limit which is adequate for individuals daily use. Lastly, more specific and powerful regulations and bills should also implement in place, enable the right for every individuals live in a healthy ecosystem, while protecting and cherishing the infinite benefits ecosystem services and natural assets provide to us.
Hey Bellie, I like your sentence saying that we should recognize the values natural asset provided to us. If people all have awareness of this and appreciate the natural assets, less waste will be created.
Hi Bellie,
I also agree that we are super fortunate to live with such low costs of water. And people should be more aware of their water usage! Great post!
ps. your avatar is great :)
Good points! I agree with you that steps need to be taken at the individual, corporate, and governmental level. What will be interesting is figuring out how this can be done without diminishing the ability of water to be a fundamental human right. If done right, water control could increase social and environmental equity, but I could also see the danger of things heading in the other direction.
I agree industries recycling water would be great and having them take liability for the water that they use
I also think policies that increases water price needs to be implemented. This would create a long lasting change that would protect all of nature's cherishable resources.
I agree with you, but there is a very pessimistic thing that many countries actually don't have enough economic strength to do much, and some developing countries can't even spare the extra economic resources to develop and build facilities related to freshwater resources. Coupled with the economic impact of the pandemic, local governments may not be able to invest in water resources even if they are aware of their importance. This may require the help and education of some international or social environmental organizations. But individually, each of us as long as saving water in life is the biggest contribution, of course, if possible to do relevant publicity is also a good choice.
I really liked your last statement on cherishing benefits ecosystem services/natural assets provide to us, and it being a basic and essential right. The comment on water being used to make clothes relates back to the fast fashion topic we touched on before as well, which would be interesting to look into