Vol. 7, Issue 2 (2019)
The clean water: The basic need of human and agriculture
Author(s): Dharminder, Ram Kumar Singh, Vishal Kumar, Anoop Kumar Devedee, Mruthyunjaya M and Reshu Bhardwaj
Abstract: Water is vital for human, animals and plant life. It is a part of all organisms, some of which contain more than 92 percent. It is estimated that in 2010 total water withdrawal was 761 km3 of which 91 percent, or 688 km3, are for irrigation. About 56 km3 are for municipal and 17 km3 for industrial use (FAO-2016). The increasing demands on water resources by India’s burgeoning population and diminishing quality of existing water resources. India is facing a freshwater crisis. India has just 4% of the world's fresh water-but 18% of the global population. The main source of freshwater pollution can be attributed to the discharge of untreated waste, dumping of industrial effluent, and run-off from agricultural fields. In India, 163 Million Indians lack access to safe drinking water, 210 Million Indians lack access to improved sanitation, 21% of communicable diseases are linked to unsafe water, 500 children under the age of five die from diarrhea each day in India. In world scenario is more or less same, More than one out of six people lack access to safe drinking water; 3900 children die every day from water-borne diseases. Poor quality water can be responsible for slow growth, the poor aesthetic quality of the crop and, in some cases, can result in the gradual death of the plants. There is a serious mismatch between the cropping pattern of these crops and water resource availability in the states growing them. There is urgent need to change cropping pattern, adopt methods of WUE and all other possible means to cope with emerging water crisis for all sectors.
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Dharminder, Ram Kumar Singh, Vishal Kumar, Anoop Kumar Devedee, Mruthyunjaya M, Reshu Bhardwaj. The clean water: The basic need of human and agriculture. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(2):1994-1998.
