Hydrosphere Contents

3. Water As A Resource

Water is essential to sustain life for plants and all animals

The total quantity of fresh water on Earth could satisfy all the needs of the human population if it were evenly distributed and accessible.

The fact that water is not evenly distributed or accessible to large sections of the global human population defines one of the central resource management problems that the world faces.

Water is essential to sustain life for plants and all animals.

Is water evenly distributed on the Earth's surface?