Answer:
Now-a-days
ground water is highly over used because of many reasons.
(i) Ground water is a fresh water source and used for drinking purpose
and it is actually over exploited in urban area for domestic purpose and
drinking purpose.
(ii) Ground water is also now over-exploited for
irrigation purpose especially in green revolution areas of Punjab-Haryana-Western
Uttar Pradesh region. Intensive agricultural practices intensify over-exploitation
of ground water.
(iii) After independence many industries are developed
along with many development projects. All these exploit ground water for
various purposes and often contaminate it.
(iv) After the toxication and pollution of rivers and many
lakes, ground water become practically only source of fresh water used directly
without treatment.
For all these reasons ground water is highly exploited.
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