The planet will probably NEVER run out of water. That’s because the amount of water is always the same — it just changes in form. Water from oceans, lakes and rivers evaporates into the atmosphere where it becomes clouds and returns to Earth as rain or snow.
However, we COULD run out of clean water. Almost all of the water on the Earth is salt water, and 77 percent of the fresh water is frozen at the Earth’s poles. That leaves only a small amount for drinking, washing and growing things. As the Earth’s population increases, more people need water and the earth’s supply of clean water gets even smaller. And a further problem, of course, is that a lot of the things that human beings do pollute water which means that we have to spend lots and lots of money to have water cleaned to make it usable again.
The Project Backyard Brevard website will provide you with information to cut down on your consumption of water and to lessen your impact on the area’s water supplies by creating less pollution.
