{"id":2800,"date":"2020-10-28T13:43:08","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T13:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=2800"},"modified":"2024-01-24T02:01:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T02:01:03","slug":"threats-to-water-supply","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/threats-to-water-supply\/","title":{"rendered":"Threats to water supply"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2800\" class=\"elementor elementor-2800\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-21329a0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"21329a0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"a283612\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Water Scarcity<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a33711a elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"a33711a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"jet-nav-wrap m-layout-mobile\"><div class=\"menu-water-scarcity-container\"><div class=\"jet-nav m-layout-mobile jet-nav--vertical jet-nav--vertical-sub-left-side\"><div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2830 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/global-water-scarcity\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Global water scarcity<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2829 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/water-scarcity-terms\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Water scarcity terms<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2828 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-freshwater\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is Freshwater?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2827 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-water-cycle-2\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">The water cycle<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2826 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/water-treatment\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Water treatment<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2825 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/threats-to-water-supply\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Threats to water supply<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2824 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/effects-of-water-scarcity\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Effects of water scarcity<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2823 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/preserving-freshwater\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Preserving freshwater<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2822 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/water-scarcity-factsheet\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Water scarcity factsheet<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b442d3 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"9b442d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65d6f4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"65d6f4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     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data-id=\"ec3c61a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Here are some important causes of water shortage:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Population expansion<\/b><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the last 50 years, the total number of people on earth has doubled and continues to grow. It is a result of larger family sizes and access to better health care and lifestyles. The use of wholesome water for drinking, cleaning, cooking, and sewage has tripled as a result. Humans are a lot more careless in recent times, and we waste more water than ever before. This careless use of water has placed a lot of pressure on the same amount of water that we have.<\/span><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_2897\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2897\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2897 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/population-growth.jpg\" alt=\"A growing population means more pressure on freshwater\" width=\"600\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/population-growth.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/population-growth-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A growing population means more pressure on freshwater<\/figcaption><\/figure><ul><li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Agriculture<\/b><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Water for irrigation and food production constitutes one of the greatest pressures on freshwater resources. Agriculture accounts for 70% of global freshwater withdrawals (up to 90% in some fast-growing economies). <i>WWDR 4: Facts and Figures<\/i><br \/><\/span><\/p><ul><li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Urbanization<\/b><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Cities are growing and expanding more than ever before. Cities also tend to hold more people than towns and villages. That means there is an increased need to take care of sewage, cleaning, construction, and manufacturing.<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Pollution<\/b><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Water, air, and land pollution together contribute to the reduction of water quality. Sewage, oil discharges from industries, waste dumping into water bodies, radioactive waste from mining activities as well as dirty water from sanitation work in hospitals, hotels, oil companies, mining, schools, and restaurants all end up polluting our waters. Water contamination and wastage from some mining industries through Hydraulic Fracturing (fracking) has also been a worry for many people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Vegetation destruction and Deforestation<\/b><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Trees help prevent excessive evaporation of water bodies. They also enrich and condition the climate. This means the destruction of forests by fire, logging, and farming have exposed soil moisture and water bodies to the sun\u2019s intense heat, leaving them dried out.<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Climate change<\/b><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">All over the world, places that used to have lots of rainfall do not have enough again, and dry places suddenly are getting colder and wetter. Both cases result in water shortage because less rainfall means less water, and excessive rains cause flooding which brings all sorts of debris and destroys water treatment installations.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">NOTES<\/span><\/p><p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Drought ranks as the single most common cause of severe food shortages in developing countries. \u2014FAO<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd1c520\" data-id=\"cd1c520\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-791f165 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"791f165\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-19f5195 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"19f5195\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-817517c\" data-id=\"817517c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f68318 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5f68318\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/water-treatment\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">GO BACK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-392b41c\" data-id=\"392b41c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f13d0b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f13d0b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/effects-of-water-scarcity\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">NEXT PAGE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Water Scarcity Global water scarcity Water scarcity terms What is Freshwater? 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