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What are the 4 water supply problems in HIC’s
Leakages
Seasonal variability
Rainfall variability
Population imbalance
What does HIC stand for
High Income country
What is population imbalance?
Where people are not evenly spread out throughout a country or city. In the UK most of the rainfall is where the least people are
What is the rainiest part of the Uk
West coast
How old are nearly half the water pipes in london?
Around 100 years old
How much water was lost through leakages in England and Wales in 2006
3.5 billion litres
The 2006 water loss cost the economy how much?
3 million pounds
Why did the 2006 water loss cost the economy 3,000,000 pounds
Thats how much it would cost to treat it to make it drinkable.
What is rainfall variability?
When the rain falls in no particular pattern or is not consistent means it is varied
Why is population imbalance a problem
Because water has to be sent from a rainy area across a country to where the people live because that is where the most demand is.
Where is there a Black market for water is spain?
Murcia
Why is there a black market in murcia
Because there is not enough rainfall in the summer for the farmers and tourists
Where is the water for the murcia black market taken from
Illegal wells
Why is seasonal variability in rainfall a problem in spain
In the winter there is lots of rain but there are very few tourists, in summer when there are lots of tourists there is very little rain and there are lots of arguments about water between farmers and developers
Is 3.5 billion litres more or less than the british population drank in bottled water in 2006
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