Write a paragraph on water crises in india
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Water scarcity in India
Water scarcity involves water stress, water shortage or deficits, and water crisis. This may be due to both natural and human factors. Main factors that contribute to this issue include poor management of resources, lack of government regulation, and man made waste. [1]18 percent of the world's population which resides in India only has access to 4 percent of usable water sources. Official data in the past decade depicts how annual per capita availability of water in the country has plummeted significantly with 163 million Indians lacking access to safe drinking water.[2] [3]
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The water sources are contaminated with both bio and chemical pollutants. 21% of the country's diseases are water-related with only 33% of the country having access to traditional sanitation.[4] Excessive use of groundwater for agriculture has also caused a strain in the resource. As India is one of the top agriculture producers in the world, the consumption of water for land and crops is also one the highest. The results of the widespread use of traditional techniques used for irrigation aligned with mismanagement are few of the reasons for the water deficit. [5]
A significant portion of water used for industrial and domestic purposes is waste when returned to the streams. The demand for freshwater is increasing with the growing population, but the decreasing amount of supply fails to meet the needs of the people.[6]
The increased amount of solid wastes in water systems such as lakes and rivers also heavily pollute the water. To combat this problem, the government issued the Ganga Action Plan issued in 1984 to clean up the Ganges River. However, much of the river remains polluted with a high coli form count at many places. This is largely due to lack of maintenance of the facilities as well inadequate fees for service. [7] Due to this issue, urgent need for safe drinking water is 70.1% of the households in urban areas. 18.7 % in rural received organized pipe water supply and others have to depend on surface and ground water which is untreated.[6]
Water scarcity involves water stress, water shortage or deficits, and water crisis. This may be due to both natural and human factors. Main factors that contribute to this issue include poor management of resources, lack of government regulation, and man made waste. [1]18 percent of the world's population which resides in India only has access to 4 percent of usable water sources. Official data in the past decade depicts how annual per capita availability of water in the country has plummeted significantly with 163 million Indians lacking access to safe drinking water.[2] [3]
CausesEdit
The water sources are contaminated with both bio and chemical pollutants. 21% of the country's diseases are water-related with only 33% of the country having access to traditional sanitation.[4] Excessive use of groundwater for agriculture has also caused a strain in the resource. As India is one of the top agriculture producers in the world, the consumption of water for land and crops is also one the highest. The results of the widespread use of traditional techniques used for irrigation aligned with mismanagement are few of the reasons for the water deficit. [5]
A significant portion of water used for industrial and domestic purposes is waste when returned to the streams. The demand for freshwater is increasing with the growing population, but the decreasing amount of supply fails to meet the needs of the people.[6]
The increased amount of solid wastes in water systems such as lakes and rivers also heavily pollute the water. To combat this problem, the government issued the Ganga Action Plan issued in 1984 to clean up the Ganges River. However, much of the river remains polluted with a high coli form count at many places. This is largely due to lack of maintenance of the facilities as well inadequate fees for service. [7] Due to this issue, urgent need for safe drinking water is 70.1% of the households in urban areas. 18.7 % in rural received organized pipe water supply and others have to depend on surface and ground water which is untreated.[6]
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Water crisis
Water is a vital natural resource. It sustains all living creatures on the earth. Abundant is its use.
How much of earth’s water is potable? We use it for drinking and cooking, bathing and cleaning. Surprisingly, only less than one percent of total water supply is potable. But random water-pollution and abuse of water result on ‘water-crisis’.
What causes water crisis? Environmental Pollution is a major cause for ‘water crisis’. As a result underground layer recedes fast. Taps and tube-wells run dry in hot summer days. People of arid area suffer the ‘starvation’ of water. They are to drink the filthy water of ponds, stagnant tanks and rivers. Consequently they fall victims to deadly diseases.
How to solve Water Crisis? The ‘water crisis’ may be averted if nature is allowed to recycle water freely. Some viable measures that can be taken to tackle the problem of ‘water crisis’ includes:
Rain water harvesting,
Right use of water and
Pollution control, etc.
Water is a vital natural resource. It sustains all living creatures on the earth. Abundant is its use.
How much of earth’s water is potable? We use it for drinking and cooking, bathing and cleaning. Surprisingly, only less than one percent of total water supply is potable. But random water-pollution and abuse of water result on ‘water-crisis’.
What causes water crisis? Environmental Pollution is a major cause for ‘water crisis’. As a result underground layer recedes fast. Taps and tube-wells run dry in hot summer days. People of arid area suffer the ‘starvation’ of water. They are to drink the filthy water of ponds, stagnant tanks and rivers. Consequently they fall victims to deadly diseases.
How to solve Water Crisis? The ‘water crisis’ may be averted if nature is allowed to recycle water freely. Some viable measures that can be taken to tackle the problem of ‘water crisis’ includes:
Rain water harvesting,
Right use of water and
Pollution control, etc.
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