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-Droughts are becoming more and more common and the amount of people without access to freshwater is greatly increasing

-790 million people are living without access to clean drinking water (11% of the world’s population)

- 8 million of Ethiopia's 60 million people are at immediate risk due to drought

- In Morocco The government has launched a $633 million contingency plan to combat the worst drought for a decade

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A lot of things cause the ever increasing lack of clean water

-Improper waste management leading to sewage and waste (from landfills, civilian, companies or governments) leaking into ground water

-Widespread deforestation reduces soils ability to hold water, resulting in possible desertification.

-Dams can also cause droughts in lower river beds (along with this they can also damage the coast line around dams, possibly killing wildlife)

- General climate change can cause hotter climates and more droughts.

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- One possible solution would be to zero scape or to "naturescape" (use native plants)  as a way to reduce water usage. To encourage this, a tax right off could be put into place for people who zero scape their yards.

-On average 30-60% of americas water usage is used on lawns. Along with that, pesticides a fertilizers used are a major contributer to water pollution.

- To zeroscape a yard it would cost around 250-675 dollars. But that is a great price to help save the environment

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If proper waste management was enforced better, and people knew how to dispose of chemicals, then much less water would be polluted.

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-One of my global solutions is to invest more in desalination plants and to make them less expensive.

-On average the capacity of a desalination plant is 27.5 million gallons per day. So it produces about that much water per day.

- It costs about 32 million dollars to build a desalination plant that produces 2.5 million gallons per day

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-A global agreement to expedite the move towards clean renewable energy.

- Because of global climate change due to fossil fuels, areas that usually would have more rain and snowfall are entering into droughts

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Lastly, just like in the local solution, stricter waste management will reduce the amount of water pollution