Water scarcity Water scarcity is a problem of the future. There are many concerns in the world today, and water scarcity is currently in the backseat. Our world can only address so many problems at a time, and we tend to put them off until the need to find a solution becomes dire. All the research and projections we have found show that this will indeed be a dire situation in as early as 20 years from now. Children are already dying in large numbers in poverty-stricken regions due to preventable waterborne illness, and the destruction of natural ecosystems is greatly reducing fresh water biodiversity. These effects will continue to snowball until a viable global solution is implemented. As the situation stands now, it is impossible to end with an answer, only another question. What will your children drink? Water scarcity now Water scarcity in 2025
