Solutions to Water Scarcity in India

http://www.sramanamitra.com/2009/08/30/latent-solutions-to-water-scarcity-in-india/

Summary
This article talks about some solutions it has towards the scarcity of water in India. There are millions of people in India who do not have access to clean drinking water. This results in many people dying. Luckily, there are now physical and chemical methods (desalination) for machines to "clean" out the salts and minerals in seawater so that it is drinkable. An example is the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP). It is able to produce 100 liters clean drinking water per day. Another method is to rely on the rainfall in India.Since it only rains about 100 hours per year, the plan is to collect rainwater on rooftops so that it can be stored for future use.

Connection
The concept of scarcity means that there is an insufficient, or shortness of supply of a resource. With billions of people having to use water everyday, the supply of water is slowly decreasing in a worldwide scale. If a resource is scarce, the price of it will eventually go up because there is less supply of the resource over time. Since the supply of water is slowly decreasing, there will be a day where water prices, such as bottled water, will go up. Citizens of India are currently facing this problem. They have a low supply on water, which is why they must use their water conservatively.

Reflection
I feel that the people in India are in such a crisis. Water is such a basic resource, yet everyone in the world needs it to survive. It is such a frightening thought to have in mind with millions of people in India dying per year because water is so scarce. I believe that the method of desalination, which basically "changes" salt water to drinkable water, can really aid the people of India. People all over the world should not think that water can be taken for granted and just waste it. After reading this article, I will do my job and try my best to conserve water whenever I possibly can.