The amount of drinkable water for people is decreasing. Why is this? What can be done?

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The lack of enough drinkable
water
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has become one of the most serious issues of our society and it eventually might even lead to a global drought. Various reasons have led to
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situation, but,
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there are some measures we can take to ameliorate
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issue. As it comes to the reasons why
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is happening, perhaps one of the main ones is industrial waste. Over the years, people have dumped their waste into the rivers, canals etc. rather than throwing it inappropriate garbage,
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polluting the freshwater.
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, many rivers providing fresh
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have become so much polluted that they can no longer be useful for drinking, causing drinkable
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to decrease. The other reason is climate change and global warming. Many
water
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sources are decreasing naturally because of changes in the temperature, leading to a situation where only a little amount of
water
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might be available for humans and animals in the near future. Despite the causes, there are several solutions that we can do, in order to save
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and prevent future disasters. One of the
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things that we can do is inform and educate the population about the importance of
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and the possible outcomes of them polluting natural sources
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as rivers etc.
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, educating children in school
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can be a wise start, because the root of our future depends on the new generation. The government of developing or developed countries should
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put a penalty against those companies or industry units that pollute sanitary
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. Other measures that we can take is to stop illegal hunting, logging or using too many plastic products so that we can try to stop the progression of climate change, which is a major factor in the decreasing drinkable
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. In conclusion,
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freshwater is decreasing because of climate change and humans invading and polluting freshwater sources, there still are solutions
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as better education, restricting laws and regulations to prevent
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catastrophes.
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