Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink!

[Takeo]

this weekend i have to go to the european youth parliament and i was put into the following topic:
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI)

"Water is central to sustainable development: solving water problems means progress across all pillars of sustainable development. No strategy for the reduction of poverty can ignore people's vital requirements for water and sanitation." (Stavros Dimas, European Commissioner for the Environment)

Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink! Tackling the global water crisis in developing countries: what action can the EU take to ensure that sustainable adequate sanitary water is available around the world?

so i was wondering if anybody had any answers to the question

[Takeo]

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! nobody wants to help me

[ice wolf 333]

building desalination factories near the countries which is close to the sea
and making a water purification system to reuse the used water
for the countries away from the sea
also asking the muslims to pray to god to make it rain
where in the islamic religen there is a special prayer for that
and it works
and i am not kiding

[Takeo]

Originally Posted by ice wolf 333

building desalination factories near the countries which is close to the sea
and making a water purification system to reuse the used water
for the countries away from the sea
also asking the muslims to pray to god to make it rain
where in the islamic religen there is a special prayer for that
and it works
and i am not kiding

well i was thinking about desalination, but i also have to take into account the environmental impacts and i was thinking about making sure the infrastructure like pipes is good quality because alot of water is lost through leaky pipes

[Karyuudan]

I think the solution is in conserving the existing water supply.
Since most water consumption is used in agriculture. I think the best method is to improve the water retention of the soils used in agriculture. If the soil can retain water for longer it reduces the amount of water required by a lot.
Water is wasted so much so its up to people to conserve water locally. If everyone does little things like turning off taps when not using the water etc. then that is another way to conserve the amount of water lost dramatically.
Governments would have to invest in strategies in which they can improve the conservation of water locally and agriculturally. These are only two ways but there are lots of ways to conserve water.

[Takeo]

industry uses alot of water too

[Karyuudan]

Exactly so if they invest in conservation then that could reduce the amount of water consumed for industry, locally, agriculturally etc.

[Takeo]

for some reason i dont really want to go to it this year

[Karyuudan]

Why not? It would be a good experience.
btw Takeo, where do you live?

[Takeo]

Originally Posted by Karyuudan

Why not? It would be a good experience.
btw Takeo, where do you live?

i know it would be good, i went last year and had a brilliant time(its three days long), but im not as enthusiastic this year, and i have no idea why
i live in ireland