According to water resource experts, what are the two main causes of water waste?

a. lack of government subsidies for improving the efficiency of water use and ignorance about the amount of water being wasted
b. low cost of water to users and lack of government subsidies for improving the efficiency of water use
c. lack of desire to conserve water and knowledge that there is actually enough water on the planet to supply all uses
d. lack of information about efficient irrigation systems and lack of regulation of water use
e. There is a single main cause of water waste and it is the lack of regulation of water use.


B

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