2. How can where you live affect the amount of available water to use?

Water is life, as the saying goes. We rely on water for our food, our health, our livelihoods, and for fun and leisure. But water can also take away life, and the absence of water can be even worse. Currently, 700 million people live in water-stressed areas. By 2025, this number is expected to grow 1.8 billion — about 25% of the world population.

As Number 6 on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, “Clean Water and Sanitation For All” is currently struggling. The UN suggests that, if we want to meet this goal by the deadline of 2030, we’ll need to double our current rate of progress to ensure that there’s universal access to safe and affordable drinking water, adequate sanitation and hygiene resources, improved water quality, and restored water-related ecosystems. Here are 5 ways that water affects our lives — and what we’re doing to help make them happen.

Explanation:

Many of the towns we live in were built near water sources. Oceans, rivers, streams and lakes make up some of our geographical boundaries. They also allow for water transportation and commerce and provide food and other resources.