Question

What are the causes of water scarcity?
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Answer 1

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Explanation:

Major Causes Of Water Scarcity

Following are some of the major causes of water shortage:

Climate change

Natural calamities such as droughts and floods

Increased human consumption

Overuse and wastage of water

A global rise in freshwater demand

Overuse of aquifers and its consequent slow recharge

Answer 2

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• In most of the causes, water scarcity is caused by over exploitation,excessive use and unequal access to water among different social groups.
• Water scarcity may occur due to large population as it requires more water for domestic purpose.
• To provide food to large population,agriculture is done on large scale that requires much water for irrigation especially in dry season agriculture.
• Intensive industrialization and urbanisation is also responsible for water scarcity. Industries use water in large scale for different purposes along with it require power that is generated by hydroelectric power stations.
• According to the citizens fifth report, CSE 1999, big rivers like Ganga, Yamuna are far from being pure and many small rivers have turned into toxic stream.