In this article, we will discuss “As Humans Civilisation progressed, man started altering the environment in the pursuit of creating an economic, social and cultural environment of his own choice. This slowly resulted in the Depletion of Natural Resources and Degradation of Environment.” Explain it in Context of National Legislations of Water Acts? As human civilization progressed, there has been an increasing demand for economic, social, and cultural development which has led to the alteration of the environment.