I am very scared that in the near future there won’t be enough water in the world. I read news from France, Belgium and even Australia that these countries have water issues and the water usage is being regulated.
I already know that the drinkable water is not a renewable source.
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The problem in those countries is not that there is too little water in the world, it’s getting the available water to those places. Belgium for example has the problem that a lot of the country is covered with buildings, roads, and other “hard” surfaces. When a lot of rain falls in a short amount of time that rain just washes away over those hard surfaces and is not absorbed into the ground. And if it’s not absorbed then it doesn’t replenish the ground water, which is a big source of drinkable water. With less ground water Belgium has to import water from other countries or find other sources.
So in short: globally we won’t run out of water, but local problems do exist.
Also the water issues you read about might have been exaggerated somewhat for “news value.” Nobody in Belgium will die of thirst.
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