One-third of people on each continent are experiencing water shortages. This situation is exacerbated by population growth, urbanization, and increased demand for household and industrial water. Water scarcity has occurred in many countries such as India, Australia, China, Jordan etc. In India - India, water shortage is particularly serious just because the difference between actual food consumption and survival rate is so unstable. China is severely deprived of water due to abuse and environmental pollution, and many people live in places where there is not much water.
Water accounts for 71% of the Earth's surface, but we face the problem of global water shortage. Water is indispensable not only for sanitation, drinking and cooking but also for environmental ecosystems such as agriculture, industrial activities, recreation and health. Without water, the earth will become another inanimate rock that floats in space.
So far, if you have not noticed it before, you may now know the seriousness of the global water shortage. We have played our part to provide you more information on what the water shortage means in nature. To follow up our introduction, we then refer to some of the causes and effects / consequences of the water shortage. We have to actively end this article. What we did was just to enumerate some solutions to the water crisis. It all starts with you at home. This is deliberately done to show you how easy it is to make your own efforts to resolve the global water shortage.
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