Directions: The critical reasoning question is based on short arguments, a set of statements, or a plan of action. For each question, select the best answer of the choices given and explain why the chosen answer is the right fit.

Statement: Various human activity has led to the water contamination and significant draining of about one-third of the planet’s largest underground water reserves and it is unclear how much fluid remains in them.

Which of the following can be the probable reason(s) for the decline of the water reserve?