" Wa-ter : The liquid that descends from the clouds as rain, forms streams, lakes, and seas, and is a major constituent of all living matter."
Water scarcity in India isn't just a matter of global warming, its also a man-made problem, with poor management and lacking regulation India's water sources are being contaminated and dying as its population continues to grow, it seems for the moment its water woes are only going to get worse. Many of India's cites have made the list of most polluted in the world, Vapi a city located in the Valsad district of Gujarat has seen levels of mercury in the cites ground water that are 96 times higher the World Health Organizations safety levels. The city exist in a constant haze of smog were breathing the air and drinking the water are hazards to one's health. Kanpur India's ninth most populated city and is known for its leather products and cotton wears. Unfortunately its also know for the high levels of arsenic, cadmium, nickel and chromium, this toxic effluent is being discharged into the Ganges and being used to irrigated farmland and contaminate crops. Illegal Chromium waste sites are the most worrisome, the sludge from these sites leaks into subsoil and groundwater, the primary source of drinking water for surrounding communities and has caused blindness, skin depigmentation and mental disorders. Industrial pollution has become a bitter reality and proof of the Indian Governments failure to enforce penalties and regulate polluters and protect its people.