Empirical Analysis of Q&A Websites and a Sustainable Solution to Ensure Water-Security

2018 Eleventh International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3) Pub Date : 2018-08-01 DOI:10.1109/IC3.2018.8530615

Harshit Gujral, Abhinav Sharma, Sangeeta Lal

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In this paper, we present a novel empirical study of water-related questions from famous environment-related Q&A websites. Additionally, after a comprehensive evaluation, we explore solutions of global freshwater scarcity. Results show that in-spite of approximately constant number of water-related questions-posted from 2014–2017, the views on these questions are significantly decreasing. Prominent locations of water-related discussions are USA, Europe, Australia, and India. Most of the water-related questions discuss oceanography and water-management. Indian-users are observed to discuss solutions of their local water-related problems while no water-related discussion is observed from desalination-pioneers like Saudi-Arabia, Israel etc. Finite annual freshwater inventories are inadequate to meet stringently burgeoning human demand for water. To fathom desalination as a solution to water-scarcity by employing renewable energy, we draw a comparison of India and Saudi-Arabia and suggest desalination of sea-water as the sustainable solution for water-scarcity in regions with proximity to seas and oceans. This work also responds to myths that devoid of desalination and aims to formulate awareness in order to create a global freshwater security.

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问答网站实证分析与水安全可持续解决方案

在本文中，我们对来自著名环境相关问答网站的与水有关的问题进行了新颖的实证研究。此外，在综合评价后，我们探讨了全球淡水短缺的解决方案。结果表明，尽管2014-2017年发布的与水有关的问题数量大致不变，但对这些问题的看法明显减少。与水有关的讨论主要集中在美国、欧洲、澳大利亚和印度。大多数与水有关的问题讨论海洋学和水管理。观察到印度用户讨论了当地与水有关的问题的解决方案，而沙特阿拉伯、以色列等脱盐先驱却没有看到与水有关的讨论。有限的年度淡水库存不足以满足急剧增长的人类对水的需求。为了理解海水淡化是利用可再生能源解决缺水问题的一种方法，我们将印度和沙特阿拉伯进行了比较，并建议将海水淡化作为靠近海洋地区缺水问题的可持续解决方案。这项工作也回应了缺乏海水淡化的神话，旨在提高人们的认识，以创造全球淡水安全。

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