Fresh water resource, scarcity, water salinity challenges and possible remedies: A review
Water is one of the natural resource due balance if our planet and the life on it have to sustain and economic development to be expected in the future. The increase in population of the world and level of wealth of humans is expected to withdraw more freshwater. However, since water is already one...
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| description | Water is one of the natural resource due balance if our planet and the life on it have to sustain and economic development to be expected in the future. The increase in population of the world and level of wealth of humans is expected to withdraw more freshwater. However, since water is already one of the limited resources, global per capital water available surely drops and water shortage happens. Pollution of ground and surface water by dissolved salts are increasing and exacerbating this water shortage situation. The sources of these dissolved salts (such as primary and secondary salinity-causing agents) are known to change the chemical constituent of water. Once contributing factors for water scarcity are identified, future man should work on it to overcome the challenge. This paper therefore began with global water resource information and indicated different levels of scarcity to give overall clues on the situation. Salinity description, its global status, causative factors and challenges were revised before possible recommendations were indicated as indispensable solution. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d690d2eb7c08458694cf4333fdc5a9c92023-08-30T05:52:12ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402023-08-0198e18685Fresh water resource, scarcity, water salinity challenges and possible remedies: A reviewWondimu Musie0Girma Gonfa1Department of Chemical Engineering, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, 16417, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Corresponding author.Department of Chemical Engineering, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, 16417, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Biotechnology and Bioprocess Center of Excellence, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, 16417, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Nanotechnology Center of Excellence, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, 16417, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaWater is one of the natural resource due balance if our planet and the life on it have to sustain and economic development to be expected in the future. The increase in population of the world and level of wealth of humans is expected to withdraw more freshwater. However, since water is already one of the limited resources, global per capital water available surely drops and water shortage happens. Pollution of ground and surface water by dissolved salts are increasing and exacerbating this water shortage situation. The sources of these dissolved salts (such as primary and secondary salinity-causing agents) are known to change the chemical constituent of water. Once contributing factors for water scarcity are identified, future man should work on it to overcome the challenge. This paper therefore began with global water resource information and indicated different levels of scarcity to give overall clues on the situation. Salinity description, its global status, causative factors and challenges were revised before possible recommendations were indicated as indispensable solution.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023058930Fresh waterWater withdrawalWater per capitalWater scarcityWater salinitySalinity |
| spellingShingle | Wondimu Musie Girma Gonfa Fresh water resource, scarcity, water salinity challenges and possible remedies: A review Heliyon Fresh water Water withdrawal Water per capital Water scarcity Water salinity Salinity |
| title | Fresh water resource, scarcity, water salinity challenges and possible remedies: A review |
| title_full | Fresh water resource, scarcity, water salinity challenges and possible remedies: A review |
| title_fullStr | Fresh water resource, scarcity, water salinity challenges and possible remedies: A review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fresh water resource, scarcity, water salinity challenges and possible remedies: A review |
| title_short | Fresh water resource, scarcity, water salinity challenges and possible remedies: A review |
| title_sort | fresh water resource scarcity water salinity challenges and possible remedies a review |
| topic | Fresh water Water withdrawal Water per capital Water scarcity Water salinity Salinity |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023058930 |
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