With several dozen multiplexes, shopping complexes and flats draining the ground water, it's a miracle we even get water to drink.
There's absolutely no regulation on where and when a bore pump may be used. All we know is drilling begins at 1 AM in the night without regard to anybody's well being or sleep.
If water becomes scarce, you can bet our politicians will black market it and become even richer.
Many industries are interdependent, which is why the housing crash in the US has caused a recession.
If all the IT companies go under, your own job is at stake because you have more competition from people who have lost their jobs and who are possibly smarter. That is the minimum effect.