Demand for water

Question 1

Changing demand for water

Answer 1

Changed population
Industrialisation
Changed water use attitudes
Changed living standards

Question 2

Changed population

Answer 2

Immigration/ increased birth rate makes population grow

More people need more water

Question 3

Changed living standards

Answer 3

Better piped network
More affluence means more appliances
Modern appliances use less water but still use it

Question 4

Industrialisation

Answer 4

Different industries have different water needs
Irrigation uses more than all domestic uses
Subsistence agriculture uses naturally available water
New energy/equipments means more irrigation possible
Heavy industries use more water than light industries
Eg. chemical/steel industries use more than finance/ insurance industries

Question 5

Domestic demand

Answer 5

Generally increases

Increase population/ affluence/ appliances

Question 6

Domestic demand in SE England

Answer 6

Increase

Employment migration

Question 7

Domestic demand in S/ SW England

Answer 7

Increase

Retirement migration

Question 8

Agriculture demand

Answer 8

Increase

More irrigation/ less humus/ more drying/ global warming

Question 9

Industry demand

Answer 9

Decrease

Reduced heavy industries

Question 10

Changed water use attitudes

Answer 10

Dry countries encourage imaginative collection/use

Eg. Australia

Question 11

Links between affluence, water, development

Answer 11

More water=more development=more affluence=more water exploited