The following are the reasons for water scarcity in India.

•  Increased demand for water: The growing population needs more water for domestic purposes and to produce more food. 
• Agricultural purposes: For agricultural purposes, water resources are being over-exploited. More food needs to be grown for the increasing population.  
• Intensive industrialisation and urbanisation: The increasing number of industries ‘ need more water and power to run the machinery. Hydroelectric power contributes twenty-two per cent of the electricity produced. The urban centres with large population and modern lifestyles have added to the problem of water scarcity. 
• Over-exploitation of water resources: In some cities, housing societies have their own groundwater pumping devices to meet their needs. This has caused the depletion of water resources in several areas. 
• Bad quality of water: The water is getting polluted by domestic and industrial wastes, chemical pesticides and fertilizers.