| As stressed in the previous section,
safeguarding water for environmental needs is essential to achieve environmental
sustainability (Goal 7). The disruption of the water cycle will inevitably
affect biodiversity and ecosystem functioning and ultimately the provision
of ecosystem goods and services to humans. Degrading water quality,
water shortages and changes in the flow not only have an indirect impact
on people through such ecosystem changes, but the use of water for human
needs such as drinking water, agriculture and industrial processes also
directly affect people’s health and well-being.
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