Sudan water
problems
Water is the source of life, it is very important to human, plants
and animals to survive. A lot of countries have water problems, that’s because
they are a poor countries and they have weak economy. Some of those countries
don’t have sanitation and they dispose sewage water in sea. Other countries
have drought and floods; this makes a big deal in the water shortage. The
increase in population number and the rising incomes over the time are other
reason for water shortage. Some countries have a very hot weather in summer
witch will cause the lands to be dry. A lot of countries have large industries
and so many farms; they both consume large quantities of water daily. The
shortage of water in those countries will cause a lot of problems that lead to
death of living organisms. Many industries rely on water in their industrial
process, water shortages lead to stop the industries process. Farmers are
depending on clean water in plant, and the water shortage cause plant to
wither. If they didn’t find a solution a civil war may happen between the
powerful and poor citizen.
Sudan has water problems, this problem is partially blamed on the
land since it has very low rain and it’s located in very hot and dry place. The
Nile River is the main source of water for Sudan and not a lot of people have
access to it due to the structure of the land, even if the people have access
to it, the Nile itself have shortage. In hot season water may evaporate
limiting the capacity to supply water to the people; rainfall in Sudan is
random and happens in short season of the year which is a big part why Sudan
has water problems. On the other hand there is the current violence taking
place in the region which is limiting the water for Sudan’s people. There is
competition between Arab and non-Arab farmers they are fighting about who
should use the land (LoveToKnow, 1996-2012). About 80% of the people work in
agriculture and agriculture is about 40% of the market and accounts for 97% of
the water in use. Water is not just income and a job it’s life itself (Dr. Paul
J, 2010), these days this situations grows more violent people have been forced
to leave their homes to live in refugee camps or other countries, some of them
had to give up their land so they can move away from this conflict (LoveToKnow,
1996-2012).
Shortage of water and Unclean water spreads diseases such as
cholera and infant diarrhea but if water is managed carefully there will be
enough water and clean water in Sudan. There are solutions to the shortage of
water in Sudan like repairing old water systems, controlling water utilities
using less water for the agriculture by using drip irrigation and focusing more
on watershed management. they can increase the price of water to the rich
people and maintain the price to the poor people to gain more money to build
desalination plants and to be operated with a global team and trained local
operators The General solution can be by the main source which is the Nile
river if they have more access to the water they will not have shortage of
water due to the hot weather which will evaporate the water or because of less
of rainfall. There are other solutions for the country itself is to stop the
civil war between them because the war makes some places have water and some
other cannot access it and sometimes it can cause pollution to water which will
cause some diseases or death to the people drinking it and to start to educate
the people and teach them not to drink the unclean water because a lot of
children they are dead from shortage or unclean water before they reach 5 years
