The ‘Zero Day Water’ & ‘Plastic Pollution’ are the most challenging issues of 21st Century. The water management, controlling water waste & providing safe drinking water are the primary motto of the entire world.

Major Concern:

• Scarcity of Fresh Water
• Bottling Plant & Extraction of too much of Groundwater
• Contamination in Ground Water
• Plastic Pollution through Single-Use Plastic (SUP) Water Bottle

Scarcity of Fresh Water

Half of the largest cities in the world experience a scarcity of water. Although a mere 0.014% of all water on Earth is both fresh and easily accessible (of the remaining water, 97% is saline and a little less than 3% is hard to access), technically, there is a sufficient amount of fresh water on a global scale, for humanity to get by.

Country-wise Water Stress Scores-2020

Country	Score out of 5
Singapore	5
Kuwait	5
United Arab Emirates	5
Israel	5
Saudi Arabia	4.99
Iran	4.93
Spain	4.26
Italy	3.94
India	3.89
Australia	3.84
United States	3.66

Water Shortages Threaten Jobs & Economic Growth - Seizes Automation

• About 1.5 billion people - half the world’s workers are employed in industries heavily dependent on water.
• Shortages and lack of access to water are likely to limit economic growth in the coming decades.
• A typical semiconductor manufacturing facility or Chip fab uses 2 to 4 million gallons of ultra-pure water per day.
• Water uses can be extended up to 10 million gallons of water per day for a large chip fab, which is equivalent to the water consumption of roughly 3,00,000 households.

Plastic Pollution through Single- Use Plastic (SUP) Water Bottle

Increasing health concerns and unavailability of clean drinking water have led to the growth of the packaging drinking water market. The environmental impact of single-use plastic (SUP) water bottle is worst. Most commonly used plastics have shown to release greenhouse gases like, ethylene and methane as they decompose. The latter of which, traps atmospheric heat at 25 times the rate of carbon dioxide over the course of a century. The manufacturing process of plastic water bottles alone releases tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year. As a result, the surrounding oxygen becomes contaminated. Plastic bottles do not biodegrade, so they will remain in our environment forever. When plastic degrades, toxic chemicals in the plastic are released into the environment. Use of plastics, including Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottles and multi-layered packs such as Tetra Packs, has an adverse impact on health and environment.