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Would it be possible for humans to live without water? The answer is no because 50% of water is found inside the human body. In other words, water supports human life, so every person should drink at least two liters of water every day because it prevents them from becoming dehydrated. Being an invaluable resource, water is used in many fields such as agriculture, industry, business and so on. All preliminary products consist of water. Due to the abundance of water, most people don't seem to care about how they consume this crucial resource. For example, in some countries there are no dirty water treatment systems and everyone can use water as much as they can since the price of water is also low. However, in some countries, they do not have water to access regularly and need to trade with others in exchange for water. Furthermore, observes Rogers (2008), “the fact that the problem is well known does not make it any less disturbing: today one in six people, more than a billion, suffer from inadequate access to safe fresh water” (As in New Delhi , par.3). There is no limit on fresh water use between countries and it depends on where people live. Even though there is a lot of fresh water available on earth, we humans should be concerned about proper water consumption. To prevent a water crisis from occurring one day, we should reverse our trend of water use by desalination of seawater, recycling wastewater and reducing unnecessary demand for water. The first solution to address the problem of water scarcity is to desalinate seawater. The withdrawal of fresh water from the sea is taken into account because in reality sea water is much more than fresh water. Like Villiers (19...... middle of paper ...... water is vital for the survival of humans, but they should be more concerned about water scarcity problems that may occur in the future. Everyone should start adapting these solutions such as seawater desalination, wastewater recycling and water demand reduction in order to maximize the fact that there is still plenty of fresh water to use for a long time. Works CitedReimold, R.J. (1998 Watershed Management: Practice, Policies). NY: RR Donnelley & Sons Company. Rogers, P. (2008, Facing the Freshwater Crisis). ?id=.addressing the freshwater crisis&page=5Thomson, S.A. (1999). Water use, management and planning in the United States Toronto: ACADEMIC PRESS.Valliers, MD (1999: Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited)..