WATER RESOURCES

• WATER SCARCITY


  A CONDITION WHN THERE IS INSUFFICIENT FRESH WATER RESOURCES TO MEET HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS OF A GIVEN AREA
• CAUSES OF WATER SCARCITY

  1. GROWING POPULATION: A LARGE POPULATION MEANS MORE REQUIREMENT OF WATER RESOUCES FOR COOKING, CLEANING AND BATHING2. INDUSTRIALISTS: THE EVER INCREASING INDUSTRIES PUT PRESSURE ON FRESHWATER RESOURCES. INDUSTIALISTS ARE HEAVY USERS OF WATER3. COMMERCIAL OF AGRICULTURE: COMMERCIAL CROPS NEDDS MORE WATER AND OTHER OUTPUTS. ASSURED MEANS OF AGRICULTURE SUCH AS TUBEWELLS AND CANALS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FALLING GROUNDWATER LEVELS
• IMPORTANT BENEFIT OF HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE

  HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE RECHARGES AND RENEWS FRESH WATER WHICH IS QUITE ESSENTIAL FOR SUSTENANCE OF LIFE
• CONSEQUENCES IF FRESH WATER IS NOT CONSERVED NOW

  IF THE FRESH WATER IS NOT CONSERVED NOW, THE NEAR FUTURE WILL SUFFER FROM WATER SHORTAGE AND FOOD CRISIS. FOOD CROPS CANNOT GROW IF THERE IS NO ADEQUATE MOISTURE AND THE ECOSYSTEM WILL BE DISTURBED
• DAM

  A DAM IS A BARRIER CONSTRUCTED ACROSS A WATER WAY TO CONTROL THE FLOW OR RAISE LEVEL OF WATER