Question

list any three pressures on water resources​

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Global Hydrology and Water Resources

The need to develop more sustainable practices for the management and efficient use of water resources, as well as the need to protect the environmental ecosystems where these resources are located, has led to fundamental shifts in awareness and public concern over the past decade. However, despite increased awareness of the issues at stake, economic criteria and politically charged reasoning are still driving water resource development decisions at most local, regional, national and international levels. Though the long-term benefits of an integrated approach to achieving sustainable water resources development have been cited in many of the global water conferences over the past decade, considerable time and change in policy will be required to implement such an approach. At present, best available practice and scientific knowledge are rarely adequately factored into decision-making or well represented when establishing water resource policy or implementing management practices. In the meantime, the pressures on our water resources are increasing