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I googled for "Water Scarcity" and clicked one of the first sites that came up as a result of the search. http://www.promembrane.info/56.0.html

Thanks to http://www.depts.ttu.edu/CASNR/Water/water1.jpg for the picture. 

While reading an article titled Current Water Scarcity Situation, I remembered my child hood days. In the village where I grew up, we had to walk for atleast a mile and sometimes two, to fetch water for domestic purposes. Sometimes, the municipality ( local governing body ) opens up the taps near by our house( 100 feet away ) and at those occasions, almost every time, what I witnessed along with the lengthy queue was a quarrel on who would fetch first. Sometimes these quarrels would move from verbal exchange of unpalatable words to a physical fight.

I realized that the fight has already begun, many years ago. It is just that I did not take it seriously. This realization matches with the information from the article

 In particular in the Middles East region, most of the water that runs is located in three major waterways: the Tigris-Euphrates, Nile and Jordan River systems. Mutual dependence on these resources has made water a catalyst for conflict, occurring 21 armed disputes over water in recent history (i.e. 1967 War, the Iran-Iraq War, Israel-Palestinian Authority) (Darwish, 1994).

When I was young, I was greatly disturbed by the situation in my village. But after I moved out and after enjoying a comfortable supply of water at my disposal wherever I went and whenever I wanted, I truly forgot my past. From yesterday, it hits me on my head not only whenever I buy a water bottle  but also when I use water for free.

Thanks to the website for promembrane.com for the statistical information. The complete article further divulges statistical information on per capita figures of water available in certain regions in the world and also about the efforts that are underway in the 'water scarce countries'.

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