Final project: Water problems(sudan)
Sudan water
problems
Water is the source of
life, it is very important to human, plants and animals to survive. A lot of
countries have water problems, that’s because they are a poor countries and they
have weak economy. Some of those countries don’t have sanitation and they
dispose sewage water in sea. Other countries have drought and floods; this makes
a big deal in the water shortage. The increase in population number and the
rising incomes over the time are other reason for water shortage. Some countries
have a very hot weather in summer witch will cause the lands to be dry. A lot of
countries have large industries and so many farms; they both consume large
quantities of water daily. The shortage of water in those countries will cause a
lot of problems that lead to death of living organisms. Many industries rely on
water in their industrial process, water shortages lead to stop the industries
process. Farmers are depending on clean water in plant, and the water shortage
cause plant to wither. If they didn’t find a solution a civil war may happen
between the powerful and poor citizen.
Sudan has water
problems, this problem is partially blamed on the land since it has very low
rain and it’s located in very hot and dry place. The Nile River is the main
source of water for Sudan and not a lot of people have access to it due to the
structure of the land, even if the people have access to it, the Nile itself
have shortage. In hot season water may evaporate limiting the capacity to supply
water to the people; rainfall in Sudan is random and happens in short season of
the year which is a big part why Sudan has water problems. On the other hand
there is the current violence taking place in the region which is limiting the
water for Sudan’s people. There is competition between Arab and non-Arab farmers
they are fighting about who should use the land (LoveToKnow, 1996-2012). About
80% of the people work in agriculture and agriculture is about 40% of the market
and accounts for 97% of the water in use. Water is not just income and a job
it’s life itself (Dr. Paul J, 2010), these days this situations grows more
violent people have been forced to leave their homes to live in refugee camps or
other countries, some of them had to give up their land so they can move away
from this conflict (LoveToKnow,
1996-2012).
Shortage of water and Unclean water spreads diseases
such as cholera and infant diarrhea but if water is managed carefully there will
be enough water and clean water in Sudan. There are solutions to the shortage of
water in Sudan like repairing old water systems, controlling water utilities
using less water for the agriculture by using drip irrigation and focusing more
on watershed management. they can increase the price of water to the rich people
and maintain the price to the poor people to gain more money to build
desalination plants and to be operated with a global team and trained local
operators The General solution can be by the main source which is the Nile river
if they have more access to the water they will not have shortage of water due
to the hot weather which will evaporate the water or because of less of
rainfall. There are other solutions for the country itself is to stop
the civil war between them because the war makes some places have water and some
other cannot access it and sometimes it can cause pollution to water which will
cause some diseases or death to the people drinking it and to start to educate
the people and teach them not to drink the unclean water because a lot of
children they are dead from shortage or unclean water before they reach 5
years.
