The management of fresh water requires more and more collective attention. It is a major issue for the decades to come. This resource is essential to human health, prosperity and security. Yet billions of people around the world face serious water-related problems, from water scarcity, unequal access, poor quality, lack of sanitation, and disasters such as floods and droughts, all of which can make this resource unavailable or unfit for consumption, with serious consequences for public health, survival, and social functioning.

According to UNICEF, 2.2 billion people do not have access to safe drinking water services. Let’s examine in this article all the challenges of drinking water for a better future… 

What are the main water challenges?

Whether it is scarce, in excess or undrinkable, water is a challenge for everyone on the planet. Only a collective response can meet such a global challenge.

Challenge 1: Water availability

Increasing demand for water has led to a scarcity of freshwater in many parts of the world. Surface water and groundwater are being depleted faster than they are being replenished. However, the availability of sufficient water to meet needs is a challenge in these times.

Challenge 2: Water Accessibility

The availability of adequate water alone does not guarantee that water will reach people. It turns out that water accessibility is strongly influenced by socio-economic factors, such as gross national income (GNI) , agriculture, rural population growth, and governance indicators.  

Challenge 3: Water Quality

Water quality is essential to ensure the good health of consumers. Inadequate water quality can have immediate effects, usually associated with long-term health problems due to the continued consumption of water containing harmful levels of contaminants such as fluoride and iodine.

How to fight against water scarcity?

1. Separating drinking water from wastewater

 To ensure a healthy and sustainable future for the planet, developing methods to ensure an adequate water supply is a major challenge.

 2. Ensure access to clean water and remove chemical and biological pollutants

Water must be treated before it is consumed, which can be done through filtration and disinfection treatment. Ideally, reliable, low-maintenance, widely available point of use devices are essential for water treatment in small drinking water systems. 

3. Protect and restore freshwater ecosystems

Overuse and mismanagement of freshwater resources have undesirable effects on water quality and the amount of water available for consumption. A balance between maintaining natural capital and providing ecosystem services, development and increased productivity is needed to ensure the future sustainability of our water resources.

Ultimately, water quality must be preserved, water must be preserved from both surface and groundwater pollution because access to this resource and to sanitation and hygiene services is an essential condition for communities to prosper. 

 The management of fresh water requires more and more collective attention. It is a major issue for the decades to come. This resource is essential to human health, prosperity and security. Yet billions of people around the world face serious water-related problems, from water scarcity, unequal access, poor quality, lack of sanitation, and disasters such as floods and droughts, all of which can make this resource unavailable or unfit for consumption, with serious consequences for public health, survival, and social functioning.

According to UNICEF, 2.2 billion people do not have access to safe drinking water services. Let’s examine in this article all the challenges of drinking water for a better future… 

What are the main water challenges?

Whether it is scarce, in excess or undrinkable, water is a challenge for everyone on the planet. Only a collective response can meet such a global challenge.

Challenge 1: Water availability

Increasing demand for water has led to a scarcity of freshwater in many parts of the world. Surface water and groundwater are being depleted faster than they are being replenished. However, the availability of sufficient water to meet needs is a challenge in these times.

Challenge 2: Water Accessibility

The availability of adequate water alone does not guarantee that water will reach people. It turns out that water accessibility is strongly influenced by socio-economic factors, such as gross national income (GNI) , agriculture, rural population growth, and governance indicators.  

Challenge 3: Water Quality

Water quality is essential to ensure the good health of consumers. Inadequate water quality can have immediate effects, usually associated with long-term health problems due to the continued consumption of water containing harmful levels of contaminants such as fluoride and iodine.

How to fight against water scarcity?

1. Separating drinking water from wastewater

 To ensure a healthy and sustainable future for the planet, developing methods to ensure an adequate water supply is a major challenge.

 2. Ensure access to clean water and remove chemical and biological pollutants

Water must be treated before it is consumed, which can be done through filtration and disinfection treatment. Ideally, reliable, low-maintenance, widely available point of use devices are essential for water treatment in small drinking water systems. 

3. Protect and restore freshwater ecosystems

Overuse and mismanagement of freshwater resources have undesirable effects on water quality and the amount of water available for consumption. A balance between maintaining natural capital and providing ecosystem services, development and increased productivity is needed to ensure the future sustainability of our water resources.

Ultimately, water quality must be preserved, water must be preserved from both surface and groundwater pollution because access to this resource and to sanitation and hygiene services is an essential condition for communities to prosper.