This article is about the Freshwater Crisis that the world is facing today. The world today demands mass quantities of fresh water. Though it is available now scientists predict that it won’t always be this way. In fact they predict that by the year 2025 the freshwater resources of more than half the countries across the globe will undergo either a shortage or feel stress resulting from shortages. They predict that water scarcity to become more common in large parts of the world because of the continuing growth of the demand for fresh water. This prediction has already become a reality for some people such as a middle class neighborhood in New Delhi, India. This is one of the richest areas in India yet still the people are warned in the mornings that freshwater will only be available for an hour. They must all rush to get water for drinking and sanitary purposes. They are facing such a shortage because their water managers decided years back to divert large amounts of water from upstream rivers and reservoirs to irrigate crops. In opposite of that Citizens in Phoenix, Arizona wake up to the sounds of sprinklers watering lawns. Water there is virtually unlimited. Politicians there have allowed irrigation water to be shifted away from farming operations to cities and suburbs. This is an example on how two different countries approach a problem sure to come. Because lack of fresh water can lead to starvation, disease, political instability and even armed conflict, failure to take the right action can have great consequences. Solving the world’s water problems requires first an understanding of how much freshwater each person requires along with knowing what it is that is causing the demand for fresh water. The Stockholm international water institute and other experts estimate that on average, each person on the earth needs a minimum of 1,000 cubic meters of water per year for drinking, hygiene and growing food. This is the same as two-fifths of an Olympic sized...