List any 5 difficulties caused by water scarcity in the village.
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Explanation:
Major Causes of Water Crisis
Water Pollution. Most of the sources of water in rural areas are terribly polluted due to poor sanitation and lack of waste treatment plants. ...
Groundwater over drafting. ...
Overuse and misuse of water. ...
Disease. ...
Climate change. ...
Mismanagement. ...
Human settlements. ...
Corruption.
Answer:
5. Climate change
Climate change is changing the way water evaporates and where it rains, pushing rainfall further south in both hemispheres. Global warming has altered the rainfall pattern in India dramatically. Previously, average monsoon rainfall spanned 45 days. This number has now decreased to 22 days, with each monsoon having a smaller intensity of rain.
6. Mismanagement
Improper training and education lead to a needless waste of safe, clean water every day, as well as overuse in areas that don’t require so much water. Despite being a populous country with diverse geography and climate, India does not have a comprehensive water policy. There are no proper guidelines available for the usage of surface water and groundwater by different sectors and different states.
7. Human settlements
Construction of dams, other hydroelectric projects, and water diversion for irrigation has led to systematically destroying large river ecosystems.
8. Corruption
Simply put. Some of the people who have the power to help those people in need just don’t care.
9. Lack of institutions
Lesser developed countries have no institutions to advise on water treatment and management; this leads to mismanagement and waste
10. Lack of infrastructure
Poor regions often don’t have the funds or education to implement proper infrastructures such as waste treatment and recycling plants
11. Loss of groundwater
Due to climate change, human expansion and development are leading to loss of groundwater worldwide.
12. Groundwater exploitation
In addition to irrigation, groundwater exploitation has also resulted from rapid urbanization as well as extreme groundwater usage by soft drink companies such as Coca-Cola. India uses more groundwater than any other country in the world, and groundwater exploitation has causes accelerated drying of aquifers. The total groundwater used for irrigation has risen from 30% in the 1980s to nearly 60% today.
13. Unutilized resources
River basins, catchments, and watersheds have not been properly utilized for water and soil conservation purposes, which in turn affect the hydrology of the river basins.
14. Unfair pricing of water
Areas of extreme poverty often have to pay extortionate rates in order to purchase clean water. Those who have no money have to drink from holes in the dirt or puddles on the roadside.