There is growing demand for fresh water nowadays and this is becoming a global problem. what are the causes and solutions.?

It is true that the demand of fresh

water

is increasing in every corner of the world and will increase

further

in the future.

This

is becoming a world-wide problem. In

this

essay I will state causes of

this

and will provide solutions to encounter it in the following paragraphs. To embark with, due to increase in population and climate change has led to the problem of a shortage of drinking

water

. Usage and consumption of

water

have been increasing exponentially from the past. As more and more people are adding to the population, ground

water

levels are decreasing.

Secondly

, excessive cutting of trees and burning forests for development has disturbed eco-logical balance.

For example

, in Delhi, outskirts are being developed by clearing forest to accommodate the increasing population.

As a result

, rainfall is getting affected. Talking about solutions of above causes,

firstly

, people needs to be taught the importance of fresh

water

, So that they won't waste it.

This

awareness will make them use

water

wisely.

Secondly

, the government should make laws to protect forests in order to maintain eco-logical balance. Following that people should opt a habit of saving rain

water

as it is the only option to have reserves of

water

for those countries, whose geographical location are away from the sea. To illustrate, in Delhi, the government has alarmed people of

water

scarcity and told them for

water

harvesting. To conclude, increasing demand of fresh

water

is mainly due to overpopulation and human activities on forests.

However

, people and the governments can jointly take the above measures to meet the demand of fresh

water