EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Agriculture consumes more water than any other source and wastes much of that through inefficiencies. Climate change is altering patterns of weather and water around the world, causing shortages and droughts in some areas and floods in others. At the current consumption rate, this situation will only get worse.

Detailed explanation-2: -Water Scarcity signifies the shortage of water, an imbalance between the demand and supply of water, also a good quality of water i.e. potable water. Water is a very important resource, we use water for almost every activity like drinking, washing, cooking, cleaning, etc.

Detailed explanation-3: -Water scarcity limits access to safe water for drinking and for practising basic hygiene at home, in schools and in health-care facilities. When water is scarce, sewage systems can fail and the threat of contracting diseases like cholera surges. Scarce water also becomes more expensive.

Detailed explanation-4: -The drying up of rivers and reservoirs in the summer months, just before the start of the monsoons across the country, contributes to India’s water scarcity, as does the disproportionate availability of freshwater.