Question

give three reasons to justify the need to conserve water? ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

Ninety-seven percent of all water on the earth is salt water, which is not suitable for drinking.

Only 3% of water on Earth is fresh water, and only 0.5% is available for drinking.

The other 2.5% of fresh water is locked in ice caps, glaciers, the atmosphere, soil, or under the earth's surface, or is too polluted for consumption.

Answer 2

Answer:

The following points may help you :

• Water is available in abundance, around three fourth of earth is covered with water. However, only a small  proportion of it actually accounts for fresh water which can be put to use rest is saline water not suitable for human consumption.
• Water is a scarce resource and a life sustaining resource.

Water scarcity is the result of following factors:

• Over exploitation of water due to excessive irrigation.
• Growing population, Industrialisation and Urbanisation.
• Unequal distribution of  water among different social groups. The poor in the rural areas blame the state machinery of diverting water in urban areas and benefiting the rich.
• Deteriorating quality of water due to pollution, dumping of chemical and industrial waste, garbage dumping.
• Water scarcity is also impacted by the amount of precipitation which varies from area to area.