Water may be declining around the world not because of population increase but because of pollution. When harmful deposits are continually dropped into our rivers and oceans and even seep into the aquifer, we are losing a resource vital to our lives. We think that the amount of water is vastly declining because people abuse its use and think that there is no limit to the water supply. This happens in countries where there is plenty of water, but probably not where water is already scarce. Dear Christina, We think that the amount of fresh water is declining all over the world.
Fresh water contains no salt, no contamination, and is drinkable.
The streams and rivers could be evaporating because the weather is getting warmer. The bigger the population the more water they need to use. People and factories pollute the water we need to drink, so there is less fresh water. We think the increased population of people using fresh water from underground springs, rivers, and lakes in combination with the increased temperatures on Earth caused by the Greenhouse Effect, is the reason why the fresh water is disappearing. We believe the temperature of the surface of the Earth is warming to such a degree that the water is evaporating and there is less rain which causes the rivers and streams lack of replacement of water.