Managing water supplies

Question 1

Why are there water shortages?

Answer 1

> Most water isn’t clean or safe to drink
Droughts
Over population/ not enough for everyone
Not enough money to clean the water
Needed for wildlife

Question 2

What are some of the problems that children can have when spending majority of their day fetching water?

Answer 2

> Physical injuries 
> No education
> Dehydration
> Not safe
> Missing out on childhood

Question 3

Name a project that improves the water supply in LEDC countries.

Answer 3

> The Thames Marunda water project in Jakarta
The Hitosa water supply scheme in Ethiopia
The Ganga action plan

Question 4

Why is the river Ganga (in India) so polluted?

Answer 4

> Human sewage and household waste is dumped into the river.
Waste water from chemical factories and agricultural processing plant is released into the river.
RELIGIOUS PRACTICES – Hindus purify themselves by bathing in the river.
Hundreds of half cremated bodies are disposed off in the river.

Question 5

What did the Ganga action plan do to improve the water quality of the river?

Answer 5

> Flesh-eating turtles have been released to eat the dead bodies.
Low cost facilities and bathing areas.
Sewage treatment plants.