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There are elements that are body can't live without. If this is lacking our body would not function or process well, our body would not survive long enough. And this is the most essential element which is water. Did you know that your body weight is approximately 60% water? Your body uses water in all its cells, organs, and tissues to help regulate its temperature and maintain other bodily functions because your body loses water through breathing, sweating, and digestion, it's important to rehydrate by drinking fluids and eating foods that contain water. The amount of water you need depends on a variety of factors, including the climate you live in, how physically active you are, and whether you're experiencing an illness or have any other health problems. Water does more than just quench your thirst and regulate your body's temperature; it also keeps the tissues in your body moist. You know how it feels when your eyes, nose, or mouth gets dry? Keeping your body hydrated helps it retain optimum levels of moisture in these sensitive areas, as well as in the blood, bones, and the brain. In addition, water helps protect the spinal cord, and it acts as a lubricant and cushion for your joints. Furthermore, adequate water intake enables your body to excrete waste through perspiration, urination, and defecation. The kidneys and liver use it to help flush out waste, as do your intestines. Water can also keep you from getting constipated by softening your stools and helping move the food you've eaten through your intestinal tract. However, it should be noted that there is no evidence to prove that increasing your fluid intake will cure constipation. However, water is not only useful for our body but it also contributes to the needs of our environment. Wasting of water can contribute to water scarcity locally, nationally and even globally. Water scarcity has knock on effects not just for drinking water supplies. Food production can be affected, while landscapes can be altered and degrade without sufficient water. Extracting too much water from underground reserves can also be damaging. Water tables can fall to levels where they are not recovered with rainfall.
To extract these toxins in the water for safer water for everyone, both the pumping and cleaning of water requires energy. As the majority of energy used in water sanitation comes from fossil fuels, these resources are also depleted, while additional greenhouse gases are emitted which further contributes to climate change. The causes of this climate change happens when incoming energy from the sun is absorbed by the Earth system then the Earth warms. When the sun’s energy is reflected back into space, Earth avoids warming. When absorbed energy is released back into space, Earth cools. Many factors, both natural and human, can cause changes in Earth’s energy balance, including: variations in the sun's energy reaching Earth, changes in the reflectivity of Earth’s atmosphere and surface, changes in the greenhouse effect, which affects the amount of heat retained by Earth’s atmosphere.
From these known factors of water shortages and climate change, I realized how a single mistake can destroy or damage the whole structure. It is like when a machine had incomplete parts, it won't function which is already considered as damaged and has no use anymore. We should learn and do our best to preserve these resources to lessen the problems of our environment and give ourselves a better place to live in. We should not let other people die because of our wrongdoings.
