Due to the economic crisis and climate change, an increasing number of people are suffering from access to drinkable water, in particular, in developing countries. Some people claim that water should be available for everyone by providing it without charge, because access to clean water is one of the things in their living standard. However, I strongly disagree with this idea, considering limited resources of water and its maintenance fee.
One of the main reasons why I think so is that water shortage is one of serious social issues. Humans might have never imagined this reality, because they believed that they have plenty of water. However, as the population explosion has kept going, this problem should be taken seriously to solve it for the next generation. Therefore, since there is not a huge amount of water, we cannot afford to supply water for free.
Another reason is that it takes certain costs to maintain the sewage. To do so, there should be skilled maintenance staff and their companies, who deserve getting a salary. Without charge of water, they could not work. Even if the local government pay money for them, it would be quite expensive. Thus, the fixed fee of maintaining the infrastructures of water is necessary to be paid.
In conclusion, although free water can make all humans survive, every home should not have a water supply for free of charge. They should pay the fee for water so as to cherish limited resources and maintain the stable infrastructures.