Esha Gupta Instagram – Friendly reminder to be thankful to have drinking water💧 According to the UNs food and agriculture organisation, Water demand is projected to grow by 55 percent by 2050 (including a 400-percent rise in manufacturing water demand). By 2050, 1 in 5 developing countries will face water shortages. Water shortages may be caused by climate change, such as altered weather patterns including droughts or floods, increased pollution, and increased human demand and overuse of water. … Water scarcity is being driven by two converging phenomena: growing freshwater use and depletion of usable freshwater resources.