Multiple Choice
Use the information below to answer the following questions.
Fact 5.3.1
Only 1 percent of the world supply of water is fit for human consumption.Some places have more water than they can use;some could use much more than they have.The 1 percent available would be sufficient if only it were in the right place.
-Refer to Fact 5.3.1.The major problem in achieving an efficient use of the world's water is
A) the lack of rain in some areas of the world.
B) water is vital for life.
C) to get it from the places where it is most abundant to the places in which it has the most valuable uses.
D) markets in water are controlled by governments or private producers.
E) the price of water is too low.
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