Chengwee - Unclean water kills 4,000 daily worldwide

Polluted drinking water will kill around 1.6 million people this year unless governments around the world make a concerted effort to clean up their supplies. Over 4,000 people die each day from water-borne diseases and the death toll is not restricted to Third Word nations. It is a problem plaguing all countries.The event will bring together experts from around the world to discuss management policies, the impact of global warming, and the need to diversity water sources. Dr Bertram said that governments must anticipate long- term water shortages caused by rising demand and climate change. Leaders have to put their money where their mouths are and make good on a myriad of promises to provide affordable, clean drinking water.Governments also need to invest heavily in building and maintaining water infrastructure.There has been some progress as more people got their water through pipes. But most of the water is ''unreliable and unsafe'', s problem that Singapore avoided through good management and cutting-edge technology.

Personal comments: I believed that unclean water is a very serious problem that has been plaguing all countries even Singapore! It might influence other living organisms through food chains or even directly from the unclean water. Many was contracted with diseases due to the drinking of unclean water and some eventually dies as time goes by as well as the continual drinkage of unclean water.It would slowly affect the country's development like declining population which leads to the lackage of talents to help the society. I believed that the reason why people drinks unclean water is not because of not wanting it but is the fact that they coud not even afford to pay for clean water and the inaccessibility of getting clean water. Since then, government should do something to salvage the problem of providing affordable, clean drinking water. I am proud of my country as it has managed to avoid the problem through proper management.