Water, as a necessity for the survival of human beings, has been a hot topic of debate recently, mainly on the status of water on the market as a commodity. Water being an unaffordable daily need might seem unrealistic in the eyes of people like us, who have been living comfortably since young. However, the lack of water has been an increasing huge problem in poor third-world countries. As a result, I feel that water should be made affordable for every single human being as it is our human rights to have access to drinkable water.
Statistics show that approximately 1/8 of people on the planet face a lack of drinkable water in their daily lives. Also, 3.575 million people die each year from water-related disease. These figures show the severity of the situation around the world and these problems have claimed more lives than any disease or wars in history. The only solution to these problems is to recognise water as a human right, instead of a commodity on the market. Take for example the prices of bottled water. They are ridiculously high for countries that do not provide drinkable and filtered tap water. Governments need to take action to provide drinkable tap water, a cheaper source of water. It is to not that water is scarce throughout the world; it is that the access to water has become limited.
It has become a known fact that people living in slums pay 5 times of what people living in the city pay for drinkable water. This vicious cycle can only stop when we unite and take action. Make it a right, for it is right.
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