Recourses Flashcards
1
Q
water insecurity
A
not having enough clean water
2
Q
too mch water
A
water surplus
3
Q
not enogh water
A
water deficit
4
Q
factors that affect water
A
- area, waterfall
- acess, can be limited in poverty sticken areas
- water stress
5
Q
physical fators
A
- geoplogy
- climate
6
Q
economic and socail factors
A
- over abstraction, when more water is removed than replaced caused by population growth and demand in buisnesses
- polluting water sourcses by dumping waste
- limited infrastructure no pipes
- poverty
7
Q
affects of water insecurity
A
- pollution and disease e.g. sewage, cholera
- reduced food production as water needed to grow crops, starvation
- conflict
8
Q
damd and resevoirs
A
- man made pool behind the dam that stores water in rainfall but this is dependant not reliable
- drown land and settlments forcing people to relocate
- also expensive to build and maintain
9
Q
water diversion
A
redirecting water to a chosen destination
less distruptive than storage dam
10
Q
water transfer
A
pumps pipes
surplus to deficit
11
Q
desalination
A
process of distilllation
eveporating wtare from sea salt water and condencing it back to water
expensive as alot of energy needed
12
Q
grey water
A
- water recycled immediataely after use not treated
- to clean cars or water plants not safe to drink
- must be reused quickly to prevent bacteria from growing
- less energy needed
