Resource management and water

Question 1

What are the schemes to move water?

Answer 1

• Water transfer schemes

Question 2

What is water demand?

Answer 2

• The quantity of water required to meet peoples needs

Question 3

Why has our water consumption gone up?

Answer 3

• UK population has increased
• Personal habits have changed like washing machines
• Industrial uses have increased
• People are wealthier

Question 4

What side of the UK is wetter and what does this mean?

Answer 4

• The west side of the UK is wetter meaning that there are more reservoirs that store fresh water

Question 5

How does orographic rainfall occur?

Answer 5

1. Upland areas force air to rise and cool
2. Moisture condenses into clouds and creates precipitation
3. On the leeword side the air sinks warms and hold any moisture left
4. This creates a “rain shadow area”

Question 6

The South - North Water Transfer Schene in China. Why is it nessisary?

Answer 6

• There is a huge water demand created by 200 million people
• Needed for irrigation of farmland
• Water avalibility and water demand are the main reason this prodject was needed.

Question 7

What are some pros and cons of the SNWTP?

Answer 7

• Pros
• Water avalibility will be higher
• Farmland will be irrigated
• Huge water demand from 200 million people will be solved
• Cons
• It could be a boondoggle
• As China has so many droughts they may not be able tp supply as much water as they think they can.
• The water could evaportate in the open channels during transportation
• Wildlife and ecosystems have been badly disturbed