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Water shortage: insufficiency of clean
water leads to disease, hunger, and death
How is Water Used?
Irrigation
Industry
Residential use
Water Shortage: What is This?
Water Scarcity, Water Stress, and Water Crisis
How Do We Know there is Water Crisis?
Limited access to potable water
Limited access to water for residential
useLower agricultural
harvests
Decrease in biodiversity
Regional conflicts
Factors Affecting Water Shortage
Direct Causes of Water Shortage: Global Warming
Direct Causes of Water Shortage: Privatization of Water
Direct Causes of Water Shortage: Pollution of Fresh Water
World Regions Most Affected by the Water Shortage
Water Scarcity Will Worsen Scientists Say
Solutions
Need of Water Perception Change and
Need for Better Management
Other Solutions improved public and community control of
water utilities; mending of old water systems; utilizing less water for the purposes of
agriculture through the use of drip irrigation; stopping contaminating the water; making use of water conservation; saving water on individual level.
Desalinization?
Conclusion: So What?It’s time to give water a second
thought!