Question

As an engaged citizen, how do you think we should tackle the problem of providing access to clean water within our communities? Within your discussion, be sure to use your economic reasoning to explain your ideas.

Answer 1

Economics tells us the proper utilisation of resources. So, if we I want to tackle the water crisis we need to follow the following steps.
1. Estimation of water availability: First of all to serve the whole country we need to estimate how much resources are available with us. In this case the data of World Resource Institute or the WRI's Aqueduct Tool can be used.
2. Need to use water in a limited manner. some foundation like FEMSA helps in this manner.
3. Property distribution of water throughout the different types of sectors.
4. There should be a government regulation on water use.
5. There should be cross subsidy for poor or rich people.
6. Encouraging the poor people for harvesting of rainwater practices we can eliminate the crisis.
7. Proper water well drilling practice should be there.
8. Voluntarily work with different NGOs to eliminate this problem.
9. Last but not the least, the technological improvement should be there so that the supply of water could be more efficient.