Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink (soon)!

If the First and Second World Wars were fought for regional and world supremacy, the Third World War, it is said, will be fought for water. While nobody is thinking about another World War just as yet, the depreciating water reserves are a real concern for many.

Qatar is one of the smallest countries in the world, but the amount of water the state consumes is eye-popping. A recent report suggested that Doha only has enough water to last three days at any given time. Think about it… 72 hours and we are all going to go thirsty.

For an average user in Qatar, who consumes 675 litres of water a day, that can be a very scary thought. Another statistic from 2013 stated that Qatar’s agricultural sector used up enough water to fill out 92,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Just do the math, how much more could that number have become in the four years since then?

One of the ways out of the problem is to treat and reuse wastewater, something that Qatari authorities are already doing. But as educated citizens, each of us has a duty to stop wasting water and start conserving it. Pass on the knowledge to the younger generation and that is the only way to ensure all of us a water-safe future.

PC: Huffington Post