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About 3% of the water on Earth is freshwater. Only about 40% of that freshwater is available for human use. Why is so much freshwater unavailable for human use?

About 3% of the water on Earth is freshwater. Only about 40% of that freshwater is available for human use. Why is so much freshwater unavailable for human use?
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About 3% of the water on Earth is freshwater. Only about 40% of that freshwater is available for human use. Why is so much freshwater unavailable for human use?

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User Lalit Jadav
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Because most of the fresh water is made up of glaciers and ice
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About 60% of Earth's freshwater is frozen in the Arctic and Antarctic.
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