Closing the water cycle

Clean freshwater faces various threats such as increasing demand by population growth, pollution and changes in the hydrological cycle due to climate change. According to the United Nations World Water Development report, a country’s industrial water use increases with its income. It ranges from 5% in low-income countries to over 40% in some high-income countries. Thus, water use is an important issue for a country’s sustainable development.

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