In the following ways intensive industrialisation and urbanisation are responsible for water scarcity:
(i) The ever increasing number of Industries has made matters worse by exerting pressure on existing pressure on existing freshwater resources.
(ii) Industries apart from being heavy users of water, also require power to run them. Much of this energy comes from hydroelectric power.
(iii) Multiplying urban centres with large and dense populations and urban lifestyles have not only added to water and energy requirements but have further aggravated the problem.
(iv) In housing societies or colonies, we would find that most of these have their own groundwater pumping devices to meet their water needs.
(v) With the result, fragile water resources are being overexploited and have caused their depletion in several cities.
