Water Wars- A Real Crisis

Today is Blog Action Day, so I will be blogging about water. Specifically, I will be talking about water wars.
During the 2007-2008 school, the debate topic was African Public Health. One of the major impacts during this topic was water wars, which are a very real and serious threat. For those unfamiliar with debate, the affirmative team proposes a plan which has advantages. The negative can say that there are disadvantages to that plan (In case you were wondering, there are many more things the negative team can say, and debates are usually a lot more complicated than this). 

The format of a disadvantage goes like this-

Uniqueness- What is the world like right now
Link- Plan causes something to happen
Impact- That the thing plan causes is bad

Often times during the Africa topic, the link in many disadvantages was that the plan caused water wars to happen, and the impact was that water wars would escalate and cause nuclear wars. Many authors shared this view, but here is one in particular. According to the National Association for Scientific and Cultural Appreciation “The spectre of a world water shortage evokes a truly frightening scenario. In fact the United Nations warns that disputes over water will become the prime source of conflict in the not too distant future. Where these shortages become ever more acute it could forseeably lead to the brink of nuclear conflict.”

This evidence is truly shocking. The world must recognize water shortages as a major threat to peace and prosperity. Unfortunately, there hasn’t been much talk about this wide spread problem. Blog Action Day is one of the only institutions addressing the subject. I believe that more people should know about water scarcity and should try to help.