1The sole origin of the water issue is human activity. Due to our life-style, we extract too much water from the natural environment, we contaminate ground water, the rivers and the seas, we are causing the greenhouse effect, deforestation and, consequently, climate change, which, in turn, aggravates water shortage situations.
It’s not "you" or "me", it’s not "them" either. It’s us.
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