Between the hot and sunny weather of the summer, photos of the situation of depleting clean water all over the world make us more obsessed.
The situation of depleting clean water is serious worldwide
Many groundwater sources are now running out, while rainfall is also expected to become rare due to the effects of climate change.
In addition, by 2050, the world population is expected to reach 9 billion, pushing up the demand for water. According to the report, the world water demand will increase by 55% by 20150, meanwhile, reserve water will be increasingly tight.
According to the UN organization, if countries in the world do not change the way of using water resources, the world will face water depletion in the next 15 years.
The following images will partly give us a better understanding of the state of water depletion that is becoming increasingly serious in countries across the globe:
June 1, 2003: People gather water from a large well in the village of Natwarghad, Gujarat state, India.(Photo: Reuters).
April 4, 2013: Many people try to get water under shallow wells in Bhaktapur, Nepal.(Photo: Reuters).
March 20, 2013: A citizen went to carry water from polluted rivers to make drinking water in Kunming, China.(Photo: Reuters).
January 7, 2014: People wear precious water barrels at Tomping camp, near the capital of South Sudan.Photo: Reuters.
December 13, 2011: The woman is taking water samples under the red river because of pollution in Ha Nam, China.(Photo: AFP).
October 14, 2003: Children are bathing in a sink in a slum in Jakarta, Indonesia.(Photo: Reuters).
June 13, 2003: A man is climbing out of a shallow well after struggling to get water for people in Chuda Chokadi village, Gujarat state, India.(Photo: Reuters).
May 26, 2003: A girl is taking water from a prison of water in Tariq district, Saddam, Iraq.Photo: Reuters.
September 27, 2012: Garbage filled a canal in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.(Photo: Reuters).
July 1, 2012: A girl is taking water from a well in the middle of floodwaters in Dhuhibala village, Assam state, India.(Photo: Reuters).
March 22, 2012: A young girl is taking water from a new hole dug near a shallow well in Jamam, South Sudan.Photo: AFP.
June 12, 2009: The boy is drinking water from a muddy puddle in Bule Duba village, a suburb of Moyale, the border city of Ethiopia and Kenya.(Photo: Reuters).
A rising girl came to take water from a muddy puddle in South Sudan's Doro refugee camp.(Photo: Reuters).
April 16, 2011: The people of the country come home after visiting the village of Meni, Gujarat, India.(Photo: Reuters).
August 9, 2010: A man is trapped with a pet amidst flood waters in Rajanpur district, Punjab province, Pakistan.Photo: Reuters.
March 19, 2015: A man and his son are sailing to pick up plastic bottles between the flooded river in Manila.Photo: (AFP).
March 22, 2014: Woman is taking water from the bottom of Siang River, Berasapori village, Assam state, India.(Photo: AFP).
July 11, 2007: A worker is collecting dead fish on the Wuhan River, Hubei, China.Photo: Reuters.
March 13, 2008: People gather to wait for water in the slums of Mabella, the capital of Freetown of Sierra Leone.Photo: Reuters.
March 21, 2010: A man washes clothes in a polluted pond in Hubei, China.(Photo: Reuters).
March 25, 2010: A citizen travels through a dry and cracked lake in Kunming, Yunnan, China.(Photo: Reuters) .
