Emerging fresh water crisis in 21st century

Gurpreet Kaur

Student MBA, Malwa College, Bathinda.

Abstract:

For the first time in human history, human use and pollution of freshwater have
reached a level where water scarcity will potentially limit food production, ecosystem
function, and urban supply in the decades to come. The primary reason for this shortage is
population growth, which has increased at a faster rate than food production for some years
and will add up to 3 billion more people by the middle of the twenty first century, mostly in
poor and watershort countries. Water quality degradation has also contributed significantly
to a number of problems of global concern, including human drinking water supply and
species survival. The present study is mainly focused on to extent band causes of fresh water
crisis situation at the world as well as at India level. The study has also exploring the
sectorial consumption of fresh water and use of alternate type.

Key words: Water crisis, fresh water and Degradation