Give examples of the infrastructure that has been fashioned to manage water resources. What are the challenges related to developing countries?
What will be an ideal response?
The infrastructure includes dams, reservoirs, aqueducts, canals, intake and outflow pipes, water and sewage treatment plants, water storage facilities, and the piping from and to homes and businesses. All of these industrialized techniques cost money and cause displacement and ecological damage, which can be difficult to absorb in developing countries.
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