PPT on the Water Crisis, Causes, Effects, Remedies and some of the current informations

1. WATER CRISIS
PRESENTED BY:
B V R N SAIKUMAR (16BSP0580)
GYANDEEP ACHARYA (16BSP0904)
HORMAZ KAVINA (16BSP0997)
NIKHIL CHANDRASHEKAR (16BSP1530)
VIBHORE TIWARY (16BSP2829)
DEVANSHA (16BSP2967)

2. WATER CRISIS?

3. DID YOU KNOW??
• 3.575 million people die each year from water
related disease.
• 84% of water related deaths are in children ages
0-14.
• 98% of water related deaths occur in the
developing world.
• 2.5 billion people lack access to improved
sanitation, including 1.2 billion people who have
no facilities at all.

4. “THOUSANDS HAVE LIVED WITHOUT LOVE,
NOT ONE WITHOUT WATER”

5. SOME OF THE CAUSES
• Increase In Population
• Climatic change
• Competition of water resources
• Improper agriculture techniques
• Increasing Pollution

6. “WE NEVER KNOW THE WORTH OF WATER
TILL THE WELL IS DRY”

7. SOME OF THE EFFECTS
• Lack of Drinking Water
• Water Borne diseases
• Sanitation Issues
• Water Conflicts
• Economic slow down

8. “A DROP OF WATER IS WORTH MORE THAN A
POT OF GOLD TO A THIRSTY MAN”

9. SOME OF THE CURRENT ISSUES
• Latur water crisis worsens: city suffers more than rural areas -
Business Standard, March 22, 2016
• 19 Districts In Rajasthan in grip of a Water Crisis -NDTV India,
April 18, 2016
• 468 More Villages Declared Scarcity-Hit In Gujarat - India News,
April 21, 2016
• Severe water crisis in Madhya Pradesh's Betul, Section 144
imposed to avoid violence - Times of India, June 6, 2016
• 77 million lack access to safe water in India - A study by
Water.org
• Water levels in country's reservoirs down at 21% : Government

10. PROJECTED TO WORSEN…

12. SOME OF THE REMEDIES
• Rain Water Harvesting
• Water re-use through Reverse Osmosis(RO)
• Water Conservation
• Water Capping
• Educate People
• Afforestation
• Strengthening Pollution Control Boards

13. CONCLUSION

14. REFERENCES
• http://www.nbr.org/research/activity.aspx?id=356
• http://www.seametrics.com/blog/water-shortage-
consequences/
• WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH, VOL. 48, W10516,
doi:10.1029/2011WR011087, 2012
• http://www.static.water.org/pdfs/WaterCrisis09
• http://water.org/

15. THANKYOU