The importance of water for life on the planet: Education for Global Citizenship

The water shortage observed is due to the fact that the environment has undergone significant interventions that led to a qualitative degradation of water resources, overexploitation, pollution, the dropping of water level, salivation of aquifers, etc. The prevailing situation seems to be perpetuated possibly due to the interests involved, attitudes, perceptions, and lack of awareness of the seriousness of the problem. In order to solve the problem through Education for Sustainable Development, this paper is an exploratory tool of a broader research aiming to record the knowledge and views of the sample in order to develop the appropriate educational programme on issues related to the environment, water pollution, tackling water pollution, water scarcity and wastewater recovery systems. The results of the survey show that students have poor knowledge of water scarcity, water pollution, and how to deal with them, as well as the role of wastewater treatment in integrated water management.