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Write a summary of the above passage in about 100 words.
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This passage tells us the importance of water. How much to drink? It also tells us about every persons requirement being different hence consumption depends of body requirement and also on climatic conditions where body needs to be hydrated and if no proper water consumption is taken people might lead to malfunctioning of the kidney. It can also cause many other problems or also may lead to death. This passage also tells us about how people are suffering from scarcity of water in different places and how we need to save water or else after a few days we won’t have water to drink.
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