The Aral Sea

When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, (1706-1790), Poor Richard's Almanac, 1746

Water! Water! Water! Liquid which keeps us alive, which gives us power and liquid which is 70% of our body component. Human being cannot live without water; it only can survive from 2 to 3 day depending on people's body. Can you imagine that fresh, drinkable water which we are drinking in our normal life and using for our needs is less than 1% of all waters in the world. The problem which we will have in the future is unavoidable. The lack of water was always a problem, but in the future we will suffer of lack of water in the world. And there are no alternatives for it. Nowadays 1.1 billion people (1 of 6) do not have access to an improved water supply. So human beings had to think about it "yesterday". The world's 4th biggest sea was "Aral Sea". It was huge but in 20 years the Aral Sea disappeared!

The Aral Sea from 1962 to 2006

The Aral Sea was a lake that lay between Kazakhstan in the north autonomous region of Uzbekistan, in the south. The name “Aral Sea” is translated as The Sea of Islands. And in The Aral Sea there were about 1500 islands. The world’s 4^th biggest sea had about 68² KMs of area and depth was about 42 meters. After disappearance of the sea a lot of people who had earning their lives by fishing in it, left without food and now having hard times. But food is one thing. Another problem which appeared is public health. People who used to live there are suffering from respiratory disease, skin diseases and others. And they cannot do anything with it, there is nowhere to go for them. There is nobody to help to them. As I myself from Uzbekistan, this problem is definitely touches me, although I live in about 1000 km away from Aral Sea.

The distance is not problem for harmful chemicals, salts and pesticide. The pesticides which were found in Aral Sea also were found in penguins’ blood in South Pole. But South Pole is in 12000 km distance from Aral Sea. So now imagine how people who are living near by the Aral Sea Deserts are existing in there.

At the end I want to say that the Aral Sea problem is not touching the countries which are around the Aral Sea, but it is definitely one of important global problems!

So dear readers lets save our Planet, lets save its beautiful nature for our children and don’t waste WATER!