- Excessive and inappropriate use of irrigation water – plants don’t need to have excess water, excess water might be too much for plants and may kill them, using too much water on agriculture can cause problems to villages in the area as the farmer uses too much water on their farm so their won’t be enough water for the villages nearby. In the area with large number of population, using too much water will cause water stress to the area as the results of too many population crowded in one area so they would need to produce more food and to produce more food they need more water to grow the crop which will use up all the water in the area.