What are the qualities and quantitative aspects of water scarcity
Answers
This aspect is associated with the availability of water resources on the Earth. The availability of water resources varies from place to place mainly due to variations in the seasonal annual precipitation in different places. However, water scarcity in most of the cases is caused due to the excessive use, over exploitation and unequal access to water among different groups of society. The scarcity of water is also caused because of misuse of water by the human being.
Qualitative aspect :-
There are many areas on the Earth where there are sufficient water resources to fulfill human needs but there are many areas that are still suffering from shortage of water. This scarcity may be due to the bad quality of water. Also, it is a matter of growing concern that even if there is sufficient water to meet the demands of the people, much of it is being polluted by the humans through household waste, industrial waste, chemicals, pesticides and fertilizers. These human activities makes the water hazardous for human use.
Answer:
explain the quantitative aspect of water scarcity.
Ans. 1. Large growing population:- India is the second largest country of the world in terms
of population. This causes greater demand for water and unequal access of water
resources.
2. Overexploitation of water resources:- To expand irrigated areas and dry season
agriculture farmers have their own well and Tube well to irrigate their fields and increase
their produce. As a result the groundwater level is falling.
3. Industrialisation and urbanisation:- Increasing number of industries and housing societies
have exerted the pressure on existing freshwater resources. Mostly all the housing societies
have their own ground water pumping devices to meet their water needs and water tables
are falling consistently.