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Write a note on depleting nature of environmental resources-minerals.
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  1. Water is the most important element of the biosphere which is essential for the existence of all forms of life.
  2. Water is a renewable resource and its availability depends upon the climate, geo-graphical and physical conditions, affordable technological solutions and the efficiency with which water is conserved and used.
  3. In a civilized society, the human activities and economic development are dependent upon water.
  4. Water is getting depleted due to following reasons listed below-
  5. Global warming
  6. Collecting solid wastes instead of flushing with cleaning water;
  7. Increasing efficiency of water use through "good housekeeping”
  8. Reuse of purified waste water for some of the cleaning operation
  9. Irrigation for Feed Production - in competition with other local demands for crop production and reducing downstream flows and downstream water quality;
  10. Water for Animal Production - consumption and cleaning livestock housing; and
  11. Water for Processing Animal Products - used in industrial processing animal and waste disposal.
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