Saturday, February 22, 2014

The Many Images Of Water Scarcity

Collecting Water
A primary face of scarcity is that of manually collecting water.
Source - thewaterproject.org
Source - peakwater.org
Source - rainharvest.co.za
Source - meerkat21.wordpress.com
Implicit in these images is the scare of water being unclean i.e. contaminated in some horrible way - the implication being sickness, illness and disease that will hit the people drinking this water.
Water Collection Takes Effort
Source - watertanksystem.blogspot.com
Another set of images mainly show
Source - mx.noticias.yahoo.com
the effort being required and being spent in the collection of water
Source - geographyblog.eu
which, hopefully, is safe for drinking 
e.g. walking long distances; a community-intensive task, a one-man unbelievable option, etc. 

Too Many People At The Same Source
Source - australianrain.blogspot.com
Scource - worldpulse.com
Source - newindianexpress.com
Images that show very large number of people involved in gathering water for a singe source imply scarcity e.g. a multitude of people encircling a single source (a well or tanker) of water, or a long line of people, each waiting for her/his turn to fill up a container with water.
Empty Water Sources
Source - balramranasingh.blogspot.com
Source - rttc.org
Low levels of water in water reservoirs or empty containers imply scarcity.


Parched Landscapes
Source - worldwildlife.org
Source - insideclimatenews.org
Land that shows the signs of having dried up and becoming cracked.




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