Given that 75 percent of Earth's surface is covered with water, why is water considered a scarce resource

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Kaitlyn Walker

Chemistry

9 August, 10:44

Given that 75 percent of Earth's surface is covered with water, why is water considered a scarce resource

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Cailyn Middleton · Answer 1

Answer: not all of the water is drinkable

Explanation: an alarmingly small percentage of the earth's water is fresh water the majority of the water on earth is salt water.

Raiden York · Answer 2

Not much of it we can use

Explanation:

3 percent of earth's surface water is fresh water and furthermore, 2.6 percent of this fresh water humans do not have access to.