Since 1987, the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority has managed avoiding the diverting of two large rivers to increase the water supply. For a third of the cost of the planned diversions, the government reduced the demand on the water supply by 24 percent by replacing leaky water pipes, installing water saving fixtures, amd educating people on water conservation. In the third world, as much as sixty percent of water is lost through leaky pipes and theft of water. Urban Waste Garbage is most voluminous is larger, richer countries, but it is much more visible in cities of developing countries. Waste profoudly affects the health of humans.
Recycling is an extremely effective means of lowering the waste problems in the world.
When something is thrown away, there is a need to make a new product. This strips the earth of more resources through environmentally destructive means such as mining and logging. Local authorities need to help this problem with providing incentives for composting, recycling, and waste based industries. Organic waste such as paper, food scraps, lawn clippings, and even human waste can be valuable resources. Composting these create nutrient enriched fertilizers that can invigorate agricultural soil.