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Article Evaluation
All the sections in the article were very much relevant to the official topic, which was history of books, and the editor did not stray too much from the official topic. The article discussed the development and the becoming of books through time, and displayed how it varied from region to region. The article also stays fairly neutral throughout with the exception when it drifts towards a particular source more heavily. At times, the article tends to use particular examples and sources a little too heavily without enough variety in its selection. The citations are lumped together, which makes it more tedious to go through to make sure they follow wiki's policies. From the one's i have been through ,the citations seem to be from reliable sources and support the claims. Much of the information in the article comes from other wiki articles rather than outside sources. The conversations in the talk page mainly discuss corrections of any grammatical mistakes that may occurred, or putting in any relevant, or taking out any irrelevant information related to the topic.

List of potential topics
1.    Japan’s birthrate and aging effect on the economy

Aging of Japan

2.    Scarcity of water in India

Water scarcity in India

3.    Mobile phone industry in China

-Doogee Smartphone

-Gionee

4.    Legal transparency

Transparency (behavior)

5.    Susan Danzinger

Susan Danziger

6. Deforestation in India

Future addition to the article (List of potential sources)
I want to further discuss the effect water scarcity on Indian villages and its population. The growing demand of sanitized and clean eater and declining health are results of this shortage and affect vast majority of India's 1.3 billion people. I also want to further explain and add to the initiatives led by the government and organizations to solve this grave problem.

http://www.ipsnews.net/2018/03/water-scarcity-indias-silent-crisis/ (A summary of the water crisis and its affects on population)

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0024/002471/247153e.pdf (UN report on water crisis 2017)

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1a89/b36014d3dabbdd474f0bc73bb8a2e4fb1a62.pdf

https://businessconnectworld.com/2018/01/11/water-crisis-in-india/

https://thewaterproject.org/water-crisis/water-in-crisis-india

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35888535

https://water.org/our-impact/india/

http://environmentportal.in/files/file/Impending%20water%20crisis%20in%20India.pdf

http://www.nbr.org/research/activity.aspx?id=356 (Causes and Cures)

http://www.futuredirections.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Drought-and-Water-Security-in-India.pdf

Water scarcity in India (draft)
The existing water crisis in India is mainly a problem created by individuals rather than a lack of natural resources. Factors such as poor management of resources, lack of government regulation, and man made waste are all causes in the deficit of usable and drinkable water. 18 percent of the world's population which resides in India only has access to 4 percent of usable water sources. Official data shows that in the past decade, annual per capita availability of water in the country has plummeted significantly with 163 million Indians lacking access to safe drinking water.

Causes
The water sources are contaminated with both bio and chemical pollutants. 21% of the country's diseases are water-related with only 33% of the country having access to traditional sanitation. Excessive use of groundwater for agriculture has also caused a strain in the resource. As India is one of the top agriculture producers in the world, the consumption of water for land and crops is also one the highest. The results of the widespread use of traditional techniques used for irrigation aligned with mismanagement and poor design is one of the reason for the water deficit.

In addition, a significant portion of the water used for industrial and domestic purposes is waste when returned to the streams. The demand for freshwater is increasing with the growing population, but the decreasing amount of supply fails to meet the needs of the people.

The increased amount of of solid wastes in the water systems such as lakes and rivers also heavily pollutes the water. To combat this problem, the government issued  the Ganga Action Plan issued in 1984 to clean up the Ganges River. However, much of the river remains polluted with a high coli form count at many places. This is largely due to lack of maintenance of the facilities as well inadequate fees for service. Due to this issue, urgent need for safe drinking water is   70.1%  of  the  households  in  urban  areas. 18.7 % in  rural  received organized  pipe  water  supply  and  others  have  to  depend  on  surface  and ground  water  which  is untreated.

Freshwater deficit
Along with the strain of surface water, the country is also facing great stress with freshwater. Lack of strict state regulation on ground water development has caused a strain on the amount of freshwater available. Indifference from bureaucratic powers and constant neglect has caused the problem to intensify. In hand with the lack of government interference and continued industrial waste deposited into major rivers, most freshwater entering the bodies of water is defiled. The approximation of the untreated water entering the water sources such as rivers and lakes is 90 percent and only furthers the problem.

Impact on cities
In 2016, the city of Latur experienced a great water shortage. Much of the farming industry came to a halt and created both food insecurity and massive unemployment. Much of the local economy and farming regions nearly collapsed with the citizens having no choice but to use the polluted water.

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