I want a post of 250 words and a response to two of my classmates 125 words each (i will attach a doc)

The first post

Adequate drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene are all essential ingredients to ensure human health. The same is true for proper wastewater management, which is a basic prerequisite for environmental health. Unsafe water and poor sanitation have claimed more lives worldwide over the past century than any other cause - more than war, more than malnutrition, more than natural disasters. People continue to die from preventable illnesses like diarrheal diseases and dehydration. For everyone, no matter where they live on this planet, water means life, and wherever there is a lack of clean water and sanitation then disease, death, and economic hardship take over (Bigas, 2012).

Chronic water and sanitation problems are one of the greatest issues facing the world today, and there is a need for major investment to bring significant change. The water crisis is one of the most important global issues. Waterborne diseases caused by lack of sanitation and hygiene are one of the leading causes of death worldwide. For children under age five, waterborne diseases are a leading cause of death. According to the World Bank, 88 percent of all waterborne diseases are caused by unsafe drinking water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene (Bartram & Cairncross, 2010). Water is the underlying tenuous balance of safe water supply, but controllable factors such as the management and distribution of the water supply itself contribute to further scarcity. These are some of the factors that make water crisis a global issue.

When we compare the recent water crisis in the city of Flint, Michigan and other water sources in the world the main concern is water sanitation. The city took cost-cutting measures that led to contaminated drinking water that contained lead and other toxins. Soon after the switch, the water started to look, smell and taste funny. Lead seepage into the drinking water in Flint, Mich., has caused a massive public health crisis. High blood lead levels are especially harmful to children and pregnant women and can cause "learning disabilities, behavioral problems, and mental retardation. Improving upon these services will bring economic gains while also helping to build resilience given increasing climate variability (Bigas, 2012).

Reference

Bigas, H. (2012). The global water crisis: Addressing an urgent security issue. United Nations University-Institute for Water, Environment, and Health.

Bartram, J., & Cairncross, S. (2010). Hygiene, sanitation, and water: forgotten foundations of health. PLoS Med, 7(11), e1000367.

The second post

Clean water contributes much to health. Great health is the foundation of development. Clean water's defensive part is generally inconspicuous and underestimated in the developed nations. More consideration is paid to its part in illness transmission than health assurance. These two valuable resources health and clean water together could upgrade prospects for development. Where ladies and kids put in hours every day strolling to streams and different sources to gather water for their families, they have little time or energy left to seek any other profitable exercises. The overwhelming burdens they convey may bring about skeletal distortion and quicken the crumbling of joints. In spite of the fact that in a littler extent, individuals in industrialized nations likewise become ill from contaminated water and untreated sewage. Regardless of the way that created nations typically have the means to deal with these issues, they frequently don't for reasons of carelessness, the absence of political will, cost etc. Open weight to cure serious health and natural issues might be instrumental in starting change. The world's supply of fresh water is restricted. Water sources are helpless, over and over again badly oversaw and unjustly distributed between the rich and poor people. The poor are additionally impeded in that excessively numerous of them live in water-insufficient nations. This makes specific issues for individuals in rural parts of Africa where, all things considered, under half of the individuals have entry to both enhanced drinking-water and sanitation.

America's water issues reach out long ways past the water crisis in Flint, Michigan and it will take a big foundation investment to shield residents from serious general health threats. In light of World Water Day, USA promised more than $5 billion to enhance water accessibility and quality the country over, recognizing that water difficulties are confronting groups and locales over the United States, affecting a great many lives and costing billions of dollars in damages. Experts say, in any case, that the focus ought not really be on water quality in the United States, which is genuinely high, yet rather with the framework that is conveying the water to our homes, schools, childcare and urban areas.

Giving access to better water to more than 1 billion individuals is impossible overnight. Sitting tight for the "huge solution" while overlooking the prompt needs of the neediest has neither rhyme nor reason. There are some little scale, cost-effective moves which can be made to great effect. Simple, minimal effort methods for enhancing health do exist and can be connected all things considered or independently.

References

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CNNStaff. (2017). Flint Water Crisis Fast Facts. Retrieved from CNN Library: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/04/us/flint-water-crisis-fast-facts/

Dina Gusovsky. (2016). America's water crisis goes beyond Flint, Michigan. Retrieved from CNBC.com: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/24/americas-water-crisis-goes-beyond-flint-michigan.html

Edberg SC, Rice EW, Karlin RJ, Allen MJ. (2000). Escherichia coli: the best biological drinking water indicator for public health protection. Journal of Applied Microbiology 88.

Gargi Sharma, Pravin Kumar Mutiyar. (2017). Human Overpopulation and Water Pollution: Reduction of Microbial Pollution by Vertical Flow Constructed Wetland. Environmental Issues Surrounding Human Overpopulation, IGI Global, 253-267.

Merrit Kennedy. (2016). Lead-Laced Water In Flint: A Step-By-Step Look At The Makings Of A Crisis. Retrieved from http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/20/465545378/lead-laced-water-in-flint-a-step-by-step-look-at-the-makings-of-a-crisis

NationalAcademiesPress. (2009). Global Issues in Water, Sanitation, and Health: Workshop Summary. Retrieved from Institute of Medicine (US) Forum on Microbial Threats: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK28449/

Warren Viessman, Mark J. Hammer, Elizabeth M. Perez, Paul A. Chadik. (2009). Water supply and pollution control. New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall.

whoStaff. (2008). Water for Health - Taking Charge. Retrieved from World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/takingcharge.html

WorldEconomicForum. (2015). Executive Summary: Global Risks 2015. Retrieved from http://reports.weforum.org/global-risks-2015/executive-summary/