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How does an increase in the Earth's population affect water resources? Provide at least 2 specific examples.(4 points)
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An increasing human population uses more fresh water and creates more pollution, so water becomes scarcer and dirtier. Two specific examples:
1) Higher demand and groundwater depletion: More people need water for drinking, cooking, and farming, so wells and aquifers are pumped faster than they can refill. This can make wells run dry and cause the ground to sink (land subsidence).
2) More pollution and unsafe water: More sewage, garbage, and farm fertilizer runoff enter rivers and lakes as population and farming increase. Polluted water can make people and animals sick and reduce the amount of clean water available (for example, the Aral Sea shrank and became very polluted after rivers were diverted for irrigation).
1) Higher demand and groundwater depletion: More people need water for drinking, cooking, and farming, so wells and aquifers are pumped faster than they can refill. This can make wells run dry and cause the ground to sink (land subsidence).
2) More pollution and unsafe water: More sewage, garbage, and farm fertilizer runoff enter rivers and lakes as population and farming increase. Polluted water can make people and animals sick and reduce the amount of clean water available (for example, the Aral Sea shrank and became very polluted after rivers were diverted for irrigation).
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