Question

What is water scarcity and what causes its main causes?

Answer 1

when the water is not available according to the demand of the people of that region then this is known water scarcity.
it's causes
• using water in excess nowadays
• water has been polluted tremendously
• not having awareness in people about water sacrcity

Answer 2

Answer :

Water scarcity is the shortage of water but it is not only associated with regions having low rainfall or those that are drought prone. The availability of water resources varies over space and time, mainly due to the variations in seasonal and annual precipitation, but water scarcity in most cases is caused by over- exploitation, excessive use and unequal access to water among different social groups.

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