8. Effects
• Increasing population increasing demand of
water increasing pressure on ground
water uncontrolled depletion impending
agriculture failure
• As per 2012 report of the Earth Institute these
18 countries are facing this impending doom.
9. Effects
• Lower water level increasing arsenic
concentration increasing arsenic poisoning.
• As per 2015 stats, Punjab, Haryana, UP, Bihar,
West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand,
Manipur, Assam has got 86 districts affected
by Arsenic from ground water.