Case Studies for freshwater

Question 1

Drought case study

Answer 1

Cape Town, South Africa

• 3 years of continuous drought
• Growing population put more strains on the water supply
• population encouraged to only use 25L a day

Question 2

Sustainability case study

Answer 2

Three Gorges Dam, China

• Supports over 1/3 of the population
• Worlds largest dam, over 2km in length
• over 1 million people displaced when making the dam.

Question 3

Water management case study

Answer 3

Ice structures - North of India.

• Releases over 5000L of water a day during the dry seasons
• Way to evenly distribute water over the year
• The population sit in a desert, 50-100mm of rainfall a year. Extremely dry.

Question 4

Flood mitigation case study

Answer 4

Northampton, River Nene.

• £8 million pounds given to Northampton to protect the land from the floods
• 4m high flood walls installed along the rivers banks in populated areas
• A 1.2million cubic meter flood plain was created

Question 5

Wetlands case study

Answer 5

The Everglades, Florida

• Over 2 million acres of wetland
• help flood protection
• over 350 species of bird found within this ecosystem