WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WATER? ... To further compound the water shortages, human consumption of water is rising twice as fast as the population. ... The river once flowed plentifully with fresh water to the sea. ... Even Michigan has problems with their water. Although Michigan has a tremendous amount of fresh water many communities have suffered from quality issues or contaminated ground water. ...

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WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WATER? ... To further compound the water shortages, human consumption of water is rising twice as fast as the population. ... The river once flowed plentifully with fresh water to the sea. ... Even Michigan has problems with their water. Although Michigan has a tremendous amount of fresh water many communities have suffered from quality issues or contaminated ground water. ...

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For a sustained production of food, it is imperative to have ample fertile land, fresh water, energy and biodiversity etc.. ... The shortage of productive cropland combined with decreasing land productivity is, on the other hand, responsible for the use of more chemical fertilizers and ultimately to the pollution of our fresh groundwater reserves. Fresh water for everyone is utopia one may say. As water demands grow with a growing population, our available "drinkable" water is shrinking in quantity and quality. ... Furthermore, developing countries face the problem of water related diseases ...

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The consequences of the world being overpopulated has numerous effects which include: Environmental effects, depletion of natural resources, effects on the economy, food and water instability, and mass species extinction. ... "Around the world, as populations grow, deficiencies in available freshwater supplies are starting to take their toll on already fragile economies, particularly those in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)" (Aidan Luce) Middle East and North Africa countries rely on America and European countries for fresh water. With such a increase in world population, Ame...

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- Scientists of all realms ranging from a defined hydrologist dealing with the available drinking water to an ecologist that governs the knowledge translating Earth's ecosystem all agree that the multiplying human population on this planet has created a foundation for overwhelming devastation. By depleting available resources, the planet's landscape is abandoned and tarnished with pollutants "toxic drainage into fresh water aquifers, forests mowed into deserts, and an atmosphere housing high levels of carbon dioxide. A detrimental price to pay is in the horizon as developing ...

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The decrease of natural resource, food and water shortages, and increased social stressors such as unemployment all become crisis problems result from overpopulation. Yet, the development of science and technology is not able to help in cleaning water and nutritious food. ... Furthermore, while being the lack of food, people also have no access to fresh water for drinking. The 2030 Water Resources Group predicts that, if the population continues to grow as it has been, by the year 2030 the human demand for water will be 40 percent greater than the amount of water that we have reliable access t...

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As the population continues to grow there are a lot of pressure on cultivated natural resources, water (rivers), and land to offer an adequate food supply; in the same time preserving our ecosystem. ... Some have said that the problem of overpopulation had brought so severe land damage to the land, water and atmosphere, and has affected the environment to an irreversible situation (McLeishm, 2009). ... In public health, the poor sanitation and unclean water cause the death of the number of people exceeding 12 million people annually (Hinrichsen, 2000; Robey, 2000). ... In about 61% of the 105 ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate