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Agriculture, which accounts for 70 percent of water withdrawals worldwide, plays a major role in water pollution. Farms discharge large quantities of agrochemicals, organic matter, drug residues, sediments and saline drainage into water bodies.
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Progress has been made since 2015 on a global scale in terms of increasing access to water of an acceptable quality and to sanitation services.
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Intense rolling blackouts are currently dominating headlines in South Africa. But water stress is another silent problem that is becoming a major crisis — and we’re currently seeing the effects of this in Nelson Mandela Bay in the Eastern Cape.
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Can you think of something that you can’t see but that is essential for life? You probably thought of oxygen, but another correct answer would be groundwater.
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Draining waterlogged farm fields helps crops but can leach nitrogen into waterways.
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As climate change worsens, and with populations rising worldwide, water shortages are a top threat to human development and security.
