Museum2you: Water content A sneak preview of the Water content
in our Museum2you program, available for hire to communities
across NSW. Water Crisis: Are we in hot water? The world only
has a small supply of fresh water. With changing climates,
rising populations and affluent lifestyles, more and more
countries are running dry. The earth’s small supply of fresh
water is very unevenly distributed across the planet. Some
regions have more lakes and rivers and get regular rain, while
others are mostly desert and suffer years of drought. Climate
change is causing more frequent and severe flooding and
droughts, intensifying the water stress in some regions. The
population of a region affects the amount of water available for
each person. For example, Australia has only a small portion of
the world’s water resources but also has a small population, so
it has more water available per person than Asia, which has far
more water but a much bigger population. As the world’s
populations continue to rise, some countries w