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    While some bottled water is from a spring or filtration system, research shows that nearly 65% of bottled water sold in the U.S. comes from municipal tap water. But Rumpler says there can be ...

  3. Water security - Wikipedia

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    Water scarcity: Water demand exceeds supply in many regions of the world. This can be due to population growth, higher living standards, general economic expansion and/or greater quantities of water used in agriculture for irrigation. Increasing water pollution and low levels of wastewater treatment, which is making local water unusable.

  4. Water scarcity - Wikipedia

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    This water scarcity relates to water available for food production, rather than for drinking water which is a much smaller amount. [3] [21] Some academics favour adding a third type which would be called ecological water scarcity. [19] It would focus on the water demand of ecosystems.

  5. Water supply network - Wikipedia

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    Where the water supply system cannot reach the slums, people manage to use hand pumps, to reach the pit wells, rivers, canals, swamps and any other source of water. In most cases the water quality is unfit for human consumption. The principal cause of water scarcity is the growth in demand.

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    Fresh water is central to the lives of everyone, but for some, clean and consistent water sources are harder to come by. Only around 3% of Earth's surface is covered in fresh water, and much of ...

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    In August, its pumps failed entirely, overwhelmed by historic flooding along the Pearl River, cutting off running water entirely for Jackson's 150,000 residents and about 30,000 people in the ...

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