Scarcity ( Redone)

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/11/14/govt-restore-11-rivers-prevent-water-scarcity-and-flood.html

Summary

On November 11th, 2009, the government of Jakarta announced their plan to restore 11 rivers around the Jakarta area to prevent water scarcity and flood. Because of global warming and the approaching rain season, the government initiated the plan to prevent any damages that might be brought by the flood. Currently, water in these biggest rivers in Indonesia is conteminated with chemical from agriculture, households and factories and it is not longer consumable. The government’s ultimate goal is to allow people to use this water in the agricultural sector and can use it as a source of clean water. Government has also unveiled the plan to main the quantity of water flow by replanting trees along the river banks.

Connection

This topic is closely related the topic, scarcity, in Chapter 1. Water is never a scarcity in our lives. However, because of excessive pollution, clean water has become rarer every single year. Water in Indonesia will get more expensive if the government does not enforce plans to enhance the water quality and quantity. In the future, there might be a time when water is more expensive than oil because scarcity is the greatest support for high price. By that time, Canada might emerge as the strongest country in the world as we have an enormous storage of clean water. People need water to survive, but not oil.

Reflection

Because there are abundant water resources on earth, we usually tend to ignore the importance of saving water. As the world is developing, we are also harming the environment by disposing poisonous chemicals in our waters. This contaminated water is hard to purify and lots of it is not reusable. It has become a very difficult problem for courtiers’ leaders as economic development and pollutions seems to be standing at the two extreme of the spectrum. Economic development improves citizens’ lives; however, on the other hand, it is the damaging the environment and the ultimate victims will be the human-beings. It is impossible to abandon the economic developments or environment. Trying to find the balance between these two is always the most troublesome problem for leaders around the world.