Water shortage in Vietnamby | 19-07-2011 20:23 |
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Any socio-economic development is closely linked to the need for water and so is Vietnam. Rapid economic and demographic growth results in increased demand for water.The surface water either generated in or flowing through Vietnam;s territory comes from rainwater over an area of over 1.000.000 km2.Vietnam is also famous for its dense system of rivers, however, the country is still in shortage of water. Increasing population reduces the volume of water per capita. In 1945, there was 14520m3 but now there is only 4840 m3. Due to climate change, the rainfall diminishes year after year. As the atmospheric temperature rises, so does evaporation. This leads to decreasing water resources and increasing water demand for irigation. Besides, there is growing demand for water to increase the productivity of plants, to supply domestic needs, to develop industry,tourism,trade and services. Another reason of water shortage is contamination of water. Water in lakes and rivers generally is good enough to meet people's requirements. But around industrial zones, rivers and lakes can be seriously polluted. The modernization and industrialization of agricultural production has caused new kinds of pollution. Moreover, not everyone's awareness is good and a lot of them do not realize the importance of water to their lives.That leads to the lack of water to dissolve waste in dry season Some solutions to this issue includes raising people's awareness in the fight with water crisis. Education is the cheapest and most effective way of protecting the environment. Secondly, the government should design legal documents on water resources exploitation and use to prevent and protect the country from water-related consequences. In addition, the management of water resources should be applied from government to local. Last but not least, each person should try protect the water resources themselves unless we want no water to use in 2025. Source: http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/004/AB776E/ab776e05.htm |
