Importance of Fresh Water

Understood as one of the most important and central elements for the survival of any form of life, water is without necessary and useful in an endless number of ways to continue reproducing life on the only planet so far known by he human being as habitable. Within the water, we also find various types and one of them, perhaps the most important for humans, is freshwater. When we talk about fresh water we are referring to the distinction that is generated between the salty water of the sea and the oceans (with a high sodium content) and the water of rivers, lagoons and lakes that is not sweet but opposes the former.

Fresh water, source of life.

Fresh water, unlike salt water, is found in most of the spaces in which that we find sources of water, for example rivers, lakes, lagoons, ice, glaciers, streams, swamps, etc On the other hand, however, it is the one that is found in the least amount in the planet Earth because the proportion of salty waters (seas and oceans) is much higher.

This makes fresh water a very important resource that must be cared for and by human beings, since although it is a renewable resource (with the rain cycle), it is beginning today to become scarce due to the high global demand that generate. We must clarify that fresh water is the only one that can be consumed by humans both for

hydration as for irrigation and other actions that require it. Even today, human beings have not found a way to use salt water, so fresh water is our only hope of life.

The inequality of fresh water.

Fresh water is, to begin with, water that is lighter and easier to consume than any other form of water that may exist on the planet. At the same time, it is the only liquid known to humans that can be used for life, from plant growth to human consumption. In some regions of the planet, depending on the characteristics from soils, fresh water may contain more or less minerals, which may change its taste or color, but A very important fact is that human beings cannot healthily consume any other form of water other than fresh water. made drinkable

Today, the proportion of human beings who access drinking water freely and permanently throughout the world is very small. the planet, for which reason the great dilemma that arises with this situation is how it can be done to supply all the population world of one of the most essential resources we could ever need. There are still no clear answers to this question.

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