It’s hard to imaginea global shortage of water.when oceans cover there quarters of the world’s surface .But.the UN expects that 2 billion people will face a severe water crisis in just twenty five years time.the UN and the World Water Council are launching a World Water Commission. charged with the task of finding urgent solutions to the inpending crisis. The commission’s new chairman. Ismail Serajeddine. Told reporters: »the water equation is simple and deadly ».
More water must be found to supply an extra 3 billion people who will be alive by 2025. Verbal conflicts have already erupted over water in the Middle-East and Nortern Africa .and tention is also mounting about access to the Ganges on the Indian sub-continent and the Mekong river in Indo-China.
The commission’s first task will be to find ways of miking desalination ‘removing salt from sea water cheaper and ore effective. It will also develop techniques to locate and tap underground water reservoirs and introduce water recycling in cities and villages.Mr Serajeddine said: « these goals must be achieved by 2025 so as to prevent the inevitable ulternative which were famine and water wars”
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2/a-what does the UNO predict for the next 25 years?
b-what is the main task of WWC?
c-Will humanity face famine and water wars if water shortage remains till 2025?
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