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One of the biggest problems faced by humanity as of now is Water Scarcity Water Scarcity is the lack of sufficient available water resources to meet the demands of water usage within a region While this is a relevant problem in the global context it is even more important to resolve this issue at the national level because India is an agriculturally dependent economy As of 2017 farmer suicides have occurred in large numbers in Maharashtra Andhra Pradesh Telangana Tamil Nadu Karnataka Madhya Pradesh Bihar Uttar Pradesh Chhattisgarh Orissa and Jharkhand The most significant factor behind these deaths is the dependency on monsoon If the monsoon fails there is no other source of water available in many areas of the country and there is nothing that can be done to prevent crop failure thus resulting bank debts and inability to perform responsibilities due to their families hence triggering a plethora of suicides Recently the drought in Tamil Nadu has been in the forefront with the Cauvery River Water dispute being brought to the Supreme Court While governments battle it out the thought that comes to mind is that thousands of farmers are giving up their lives while this legal banter is going on indefinitely Would it not be better to utilize the technology and science which has developed to solve this problem permanently Fresh Water accounts for only 2 5 of the total water available on the blue planet The rest of the water is Saline or Sea Water Desalination is the process that separates dissolved salts minerals and other impurities from water and makes it potable i e fit for drinking Would not the most obvious solution to the problem of water scarcity be to invest in Desalination plants However there is the problem of feasibility
