Water politics facts for kids
Water politics are the politics related to whether people have enough fresh drinking water (see water scarcity). There is less fresh water available for many reasons. One reason is that some industries use huge amounts of water. Another problem is water pollution, which occurs when dangerous chemicals or human waste gets into the water. Currently, 40% of the people in the world do not have enough fresh water. More than 2.2 million people died in 2000 from diseases that were caused by drinking polluted, dirty water or drought.
Images for kids
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Hopetoun Falls near Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia
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Rainwater reservoir in the Golan Heights.
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Atatürk Dam in Turkey
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The Jordan River
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Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank
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An aerial view of irrigation from the Nile River supporting agriculture in Egypt
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Indian women carrying water
See also
In Spanish: Políticas sobre el agua para niños
