1.       The privatization of water, which means that the government provides water for people, but increases the price until people feel the value of water. The aim of taking this step is that people are consuming huge quantity of water without considering the effect of this major problem that will result in lack of water in the whole country.

2.       Large-scale engineering project that will link all the rivers, 37 thousand kilometers of channels and dozens of large dams. The objective of this project is to increase the amount of water available for irrigation and provide additional 34,000 mw of hydropower for country use. The cost of this project is $112 billion.

3.       Rainwater collection that will provide water for irrigation all over the year and increase the level of ground water.



The solutions of water crisis in China are :

1.    “Three Gorges Dam” construction project which aims at solving the flooding issues that afflicting China and generating energy which will replace coal energy. Most of the people consider this project the solution for China water and energy problem. The project was completed on 2009.

2.    South-North Water Diversion Project. North of China is drier than the South that has plenty of water in comparison to the North. The project is aiming at sending water from the South to the North because most of China’s water is in the South, while most of the agriculture is in the North.

3.    Water trading for example farmers in the South may raise their income by selling a portion of their water rights to consumers in the North.

4.    Increase the price of water. Water cost in China US$0.16 per cubic metre while in USA it is US$2.50 which is not reflecting the cost of delivery. The aim of increasing the price of water is to invest more in water collection technologies.  

5.    Reducing water use in agriculture by planting less water consuming corps.

6.    Improve waste water recycling. For example waste water produced from factories can be reused for irrigation after recycling. This will help in saving fresh water.

In my opinion, China’s solutions for water crisis are better,

more effective, and diverse. I do not agree on water

privatization because by increasing water price, level of

poverty will increase. In addition, population growth is

increasing day by day in both countries so if the price of

water increased this will affect people’s way of living.

Big projects like dams construction will help to save water,

but will displace a lot of people who lives nearby projects

areas. The governments must consider providing suitable

places for affected people.

Desalination is a technology that is used in my country the

UAE can be another good solution in both China and India.

This is because both of them have long shores so this

technology is promising.

The solutions of water crisis in India are :





The effects of water crisis in India :

The huge and growing population in India is putting the

drinking water resources in danger. Most water sources

are contaminated by sewage, waste and agricultural

runoff. India put forward in giving people clean water for

drinking. But the World Bank estimates that 21% of

Infectious diseases in India are related to unsafe water.

Only Diarrhea in India causes more than 1,600 deaths

daily. Also Hygiene practices continue to be a problem

in India. Latrine use is every poor in rural areas of the

country, only 14% of the rural population have latrine.

Hand washing is also very low which makes the spread

of diseases increasing. In order to decrease the amount

of disease spread through drinking water, we must

improve latrine use and hygiene.

The effects of water crisis in China :

The World Bank expected that by 2020 there will be 30

million environmental refugees in China because of

water stress. And more than half of China suffers from

water crisis which affect on 160 million people. Also 90%

of cities’ groundwater and 75% of rivers and lakes are

polluted. As a result of water pollution, 700 million

people drink polluted water every day. And the number


of people who  die because of diseases is increasing day


by day.

The causes of water crisis in India are :

1.      People are using drinking water more than they  need.

2.      Few sources of fresh water.

3.      Climate Change.

4.      Water Management.

5.      Pollution.



The causes of water crisis in China are :

1.       Pollution.

2.       Climate change.

3.       Over use of surface water and groundwater.

Water crisis in India and China

India and China will be among the hardest hit by future in water crisis. And without doing anything India will not have enough water by 2030. In China the problem is even worse, with demand expected to outstrip supply by 25 per cent. And the worst affected areas will be in developing countries where one third of the world's population lives. So the other countries should wake up and do some plans to help them from now to save their water.

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