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    Thirst is the body's response to a lack of fluids or increased salt concentration in the body. It arises from decreased fluid volume or increased osmolites like salt, and signals the brain to crave more fluids for fluid balance. Continuous dehydration can cause renal and neurological problems, while excessive thirst may indicate diabetes. Water use refers to the amount used by households, countries, or industries, and has grown rapidly over the past century driven mainly by increased agricultural use.

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    Thirst is the body's response to a lack of fluids or increased salt concentration in the body. It arises from decreased fluid volume or increased osmolites like salt, and signals the brain to crave more fluids for fluid balance. Continuous dehydration can cause renal and neurological problems, while excessive thirst may indicate diabetes. Water use refers to the amount used by households, countries, or industries, and has grown rapidly over the past century driven mainly by increased agricultural use.

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    Thirst is the body's response to a lack of fluids or increased salt concentration in the body. It arises from decreased fluid volume or increased osmolites like salt, and signals the brain to crave more fluids for fluid balance. Continuous dehydration can cause renal and neurological problems, while excessive thirst may indicate diabetes. Water use refers to the amount used by households, countries, or industries, and has grown rapidly over the past century driven mainly by increased agricultural use.

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    Thirst is the body's response to a lack of fluids or increased salt concentration in the body. It arises from decreased fluid volume or increased osmolites like salt, and signals the brain to crave more fluids for fluid balance. Continuous dehydration can cause renal and neurological problems, while excessive thirst may indicate diabetes. Water use refers to the amount used by households, countries, or industries, and has grown rapidly over the past century driven mainly by increased agricultural use.

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    Thirst is the craving for fluids, resulting in the basic instinct of animals to drink.

    It is an essential mechanism involved in fluid balance. It arises from a lack of fluids or an increase in the concentration of certain osmolites, such as salt. If the water volume of the body falls below a certain threshold or the osmolite concentration becomes too high, the brain signals thirst. Continuous dehydration can cause many problems, but is most often associated with renal problems and neurological problems such as seizures. Excessive thirst, known as polydipsia, along with excessive urination, known as polyuria, may be an indication of diabetes mellitus or diabetes insipidus. There are receptors and other systems in the body that detect a decreased volume or an increased osmolite concentration. They signal to the central nervous system, where central processing succeeds. Some sources,[1] therefore, distinguish "extracellular thirst" from "intracellular thirst", where extracellular thirst is thirst generated by decreased volume and intracellular thirst is thirst generated by increased osmolite concentration. Nevertheless, the craving itself is something generated from central processing in the brain, no matter how it is detected.

    Water use can mean the amount of water used by a household or a country, or the amount used for a given task or for the production of a given quantity of some product or crop. The term "water footprint" is often used to refer to the amount of water used by an individual, community, business, or nation. World water use has been growing rapidly in the last hundred years (see graph from New Scientist article[1]). From 1900 to 2000, water use for agriculture went from about 500 to 2,500 cubic kilometers per year, while total use rose from around 600 to more than 3,000 cubic kilometres per year. Agriculture uses 70% of water resources.[2] In the U.S, the typical single family home uses about 69,3 gallons (262 litres) of water per day (2008 estimate). This includes (in decreasing order) toilet use, washing machine use, showers, baths, faucet use, and leaks

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