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How labour and water supply influence location and development of industries

Answer Text:
How labour and water supply influence location and development of industries:
Labour:
-Labour intensive industries are located in densely populated areas where there is adequate and cheap
labour to reduce production costs.
-Also so as to reduce the cost of transporting and housing workers.
-A country with skilled manpower has faster industrial growth than that without which are forced to depend on expatriates who are costly to hire and maintain which lowers
the profits of such industries.
-Industries also require skilled manpower and management skills to ensure maximum output and low production costs.
Water supply:
-industries use considerable amount of water.
-Some are located near sources of water such as large permanent rivers and lakes to provide water for processing raw materials e.g. coffee pulping, sugar milling e.g. Mumias near R.
Nzoia, Sony near R. Migori and Chemilil near R. Nyando.