A serious problem affecting countries right across the globe is the lack of water for drinking, washing and other household uses. Why do many countries face water shortages, and what could be done to alleviate the problem?

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In recent times, the most serious obstacle which many countries are dealing with is
water
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.
This
has been increasing significantly since 1950.
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essay will examine the problems in detail and propose some solutions. One of the main causes of the problem is the growing demand for
water
.
This
is because the number of people has increased dramatically, which means the use of
water
for drinking, washing and other household has
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as well. The solution for the government is to raise the tax on
water
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so that people would use it more carefully.
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, in western
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societies
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the price of it is extremely high. Another cause of the issue can be the climate change. The reason is that there is a lot of carbon
doixide
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dioxide
and
gass
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gas
which factories produce, and these can contribute the global warming.
As a result
, it leads to drought and floods in some places. To tackle
this
problem,
government
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must increase the green space to prevent
this
. A third major cause of
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the issue
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is the use of
this
liquid in agriculture. About 70 per cent of the
fresh
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freshwater
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water
is consumed in farming places, which means most of
this
liquid is wasted. The way forward can be to improve sewage
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systems
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and infrastructures in order to stop
this
. In USA and
Germany
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Germany,
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the
precentage
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percentage
of
this
is so much lower than
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nations, because of
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the modern
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infrastructures
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they have. In conclusion,
this
obstacle has been
growin
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growing
, and there are some main reasons for it.
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there are some effective methods to prevent
this
from getting
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. In my view, both
government
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the government
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and
people
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the people
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play an important role.
This
means they can alleviate it by consuming less
water
and good management.
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