When traveling to a foreign country, one takes great care to make sure they will have access to clean water wherever they go. If they cannot, they will have to provide it for themselves or decide to not venture there at all. Filtering your water to make sure it is completely clean is not only important while traveling but whenever you consume it. Here are the different ways that you can do it.
Public Water
This would ultimately increase the sustainability of farming and other production agriculture as water is the major bottle neck for most of the farmers in the country. With water in abundance, there would be an increase of crops that would bring a higher premium as well. Not just the standard no-name crops. When we talk about food security though, we are really talking about the health and prosperity of a nation of people who need access to good nutrition. Really good nutrition starts with access to good clean water that has not been tampered with. This is something that hundreds of millions of Africans have no access to.
Personal Wells
While it may seem like a good idea to take all of the water that we can from underground. It can cause some major issues as well. For instance, there has been extensive boring in Mexico and they have found that as they have continued to pull water from the ground that there has been increased instability with the buildings and other structures in major citys. It has effected the sediments in the soil and has started to cause a sort of underground erosion. This could cause some major damage in cities all over Africa if people started exploiting too much ground water. This is why many conservationists believe that there needs to be more focus on collecting and retaining water than on exploiting it.
Sink Tap Filter
Despite the fact that the public water system in America does come with a filtration process, families often choose to have their sink tap filtered just in case. Or if you are an American living abroad you may want to put a sink tap filter on the water as your body is not adjusted to the same filtered water as other countries may be. These filtration processes can be expensive and complicated, requiring multiple filter changes every month.
Conclusion
Ultimately things will not change much unless Africa finds a way to reach the Subsurface Water Flow. This may seem easy in our more capitalist society, but in Africa there are all sorts of loopholes that people have to jump through when undergoing such extensive projects that could have a long term effect on the overall well-being of the country. While it may seem like a simple solution, there are many things that will play a role in Africa's future search for sustainable fresh water access.
Public Water
This would ultimately increase the sustainability of farming and other production agriculture as water is the major bottle neck for most of the farmers in the country. With water in abundance, there would be an increase of crops that would bring a higher premium as well. Not just the standard no-name crops. When we talk about food security though, we are really talking about the health and prosperity of a nation of people who need access to good nutrition. Really good nutrition starts with access to good clean water that has not been tampered with. This is something that hundreds of millions of Africans have no access to.
Personal Wells
While it may seem like a good idea to take all of the water that we can from underground. It can cause some major issues as well. For instance, there has been extensive boring in Mexico and they have found that as they have continued to pull water from the ground that there has been increased instability with the buildings and other structures in major citys. It has effected the sediments in the soil and has started to cause a sort of underground erosion. This could cause some major damage in cities all over Africa if people started exploiting too much ground water. This is why many conservationists believe that there needs to be more focus on collecting and retaining water than on exploiting it.
Sink Tap Filter
Despite the fact that the public water system in America does come with a filtration process, families often choose to have their sink tap filtered just in case. Or if you are an American living abroad you may want to put a sink tap filter on the water as your body is not adjusted to the same filtered water as other countries may be. These filtration processes can be expensive and complicated, requiring multiple filter changes every month.
Conclusion
Ultimately things will not change much unless Africa finds a way to reach the Subsurface Water Flow. This may seem easy in our more capitalist society, but in Africa there are all sorts of loopholes that people have to jump through when undergoing such extensive projects that could have a long term effect on the overall well-being of the country. While it may seem like a simple solution, there are many things that will play a role in Africa's future search for sustainable fresh water access.
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