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Korea Faces Water Shortage
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living things need water
to survive. We must use water
wisely because the world
is running out of this precious resource. Millions of people
around the world do not have access to clean water.
However, getting water is very easy in Korea.
We can go to a supermarket and buy bottled water. Or we can
go to our kitchens or bathrooms and get water from the tap. In fact, according to a government report, Koreans
use too much water. Koreans use more water than other foreign countries
with large populations. If this continues, Korea will face a water shortage.
In terms of the total amount of water used
per person, Korea ranked 129th in the world.
As a result, Korea is categorized
as a country with a water shortage. Although Korea is running out
of water, Koreans do not feel this shortage in their daily lives.
This is because the country imports water in the form of “virtual water.” The volume of virtual water Korea
imports is about 42 billion cubic meters per year. This
makes Korea the sixth-largest water consumer in the world, after
Japan, Mexico, Italy, Germany, and the United Kingdom. |
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