The Water Issue For most human as well as some commercial and industrial use, the quality of the water is as important as its quantity The shortage of potable freshwater increases in human populations(demand is increasing for freshwater for industrial, agricultural, and personal needs) and limitations on the supply available can also be directly attributed to human abuse in the form of pollution. (Water dissolves and carries substances from nutrients to industrial and domestic wastes). Water pollution has negatively affected water supplies throughout the worldThe Water Issue • For most human as well as some commercial and industrial use, the quality of the water is as important as its quantity. • The shortage of potable freshwater: ----increases in human populations (demand is increasing for freshwater for industrial, agricultural, and personal needs) and limitations on the supply available; ----can also be directly attributed to human abuse in the form of pollution. (Water dissolves and carries substances from nutrients to industrial and domestic wastes) . Water pollution has negatively affected water supplies throughout the world