Whats in the WATER?

Here in Australia most of us are on water restrictions due to the lowering water supplies.Some places even have next to no water at all. A lot of our rivers are poluted and creeks too. We are debating on treating recycled water now.

In my city had the small river that flowed from on top of the mountain salak but at this time the river flowed like previously again, I remembered when I was small previously often swam in the river because of flowing swift and clear, now was dry and only available wastes in the river, really sad when seeing him.

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Certainly I would not face any water shortage in the near future because in my near by areas there are many ponds and lakes are there but the matter of fact in that I am not sure about the quality of the water..

I live right on Lake Ontario, which is pretty dirty. We don't really have shortages, what we have is so much water usage that the treatment plants keep up. I think it's a little rediculous that we wash our cars and water our lawns with our drinking water. I'd like to see cities do more reclamation for such uses.

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Water is fine in here, our country rich in nature and we don't have to worried on it. as long we not harm the forest in kalimantan.

drink definately.........if not available then it would have to distilled out we use it on day to day bases the distilled water in lab

we don't have a river in our nearby place, but we do have lake which is named after Lord brahma. the place i live is a town so there is not much pollution. the water in the river is of good quality.

In the southern part of nigeria we have abundant water which one can swim in and treat for drinking even till 2025.you can check maps we share boundary with the atlantic ocean.

We do not drink water from the rivers and they are too dirty to swim in. Our country is an island and we buy water from our neighbouring country. There was a dispute on the pricing of the water some years back and now we have our own water treatment plant whereby we can recylce used water to drinking water. Of course, we still get water supply from our neighbour but we have a backup now. We even sell our water treatment technology to other countries so that they too can safely drink water that was once dirty.

I feel very fortunate to live in one of the few countries in the world where the water is pure and safe to drink and comes straight from the tap .. But even so it's full of trace elements so I use a water filter .. just a simple commercial jug with a charcoal based filter in it .. I simply cannot imagine having to walk to a river and carry all the water I would need back home with me .. water is really heavy to carry ... I'm sure I just couldn't do it .. I do try and conserve water though ... I do try not to waste it .. I know my saving a couple of litres here and there isn't going to change the worlds water shortage overnight ... but if we each did it daily it would make a huge difference ..

Yes, here in the Philippines we have a wide and big river called pasig river, It used to be a muse in our city, but now it is black and dirty, our effort to revive it was not good enough. Perhaps that prediction about water is reliable.

I dont have water problem as we get pure water daily for more than 3 hours.But what we've problem with water is we get hair loss soon after hair bath...

Well...as long as there are the elements for rain there will be water..also the oceans are pretty darn big. Dirty water....man found fire, well fire can boil water and make it safe fro drinking in most cases and as for the ocean water it is indeed possible to extract salt and make it drinkable..I mean it would be a fairly silly world if we are so technologically advanced in so many ways and yet would not be able to figure out how to keep drinkable water around for existence

There is no shortage of water resources. If people can utilize water properly then there will be no shortage. 70% of our earth is made up of water. Look at the seas and oceans we have. If we can purify it then water will be no prob.

In Philadelphia our water is very polluted, nobody would ever go drink out of the river or swim in it. It goes to the water treatment plant and is cleaned, at which point it is safe to drink and pretty clean.

this is the very apt discussion for the city like us. iam living in chennai,India.we had 2 small river system before 1940`s.kovam and adyar. but now one was completely dry and the other kovam was fully polluted by all the industrial waste and no wonder it has now become the largest drainage system. "Would you drink the water or swim in it?" what to answer when we couldn`t go near it.:(

The lack of water quality in Mexico has always been a health concern. I personally experienced some terrible side effects when I drank a glass there. Lets just say the bathroom was my only friend there.

Here in Manila, Philippines has a lot of dirty waters. Its due to the poor drainage system and irresponsibleness of the people throwing their garbages in the river and canals. There's a long & beautiful river but due to lot of thrown here, this river turned into a canal or swamp. How sad..