Water Exploitation and Pollution: Difference between revisions

Population growth in certain areas of the planet is not the only factor to affect the future availability of drinking and utility water in those areas, which are even now well below the global average in water consumption. Water consumption does not depend on the population count only, but largely on the '''way of life'''. Industrial water consumption and its usage in improved household hygiene will increase with growing industrial production (which many developing countries envisage – see Changing Consumption Patterns). Judging the situation soberly, there is often no way out of the problem. The growing populations, particularly in the arid East and Sub-Saharan Africa, will suffer shortages of water both for personal use and for industry and irrigation.