Water Resources Flashcards
List ways in which water can be conserved
Reduce domestic use of water
Select drought resistant crops
Reduce overspray in crop farming
Water case Studies
three Gorges Dam, the Yangtze River, China
Water scarcity in Mali
How many years did the three gorges dam take to complete?
How many people were resettled?
What was the cost?
What was ‘washed away’?
How much energy consumption does it account for?
17 years, finished in 2011
12 million
$30 billion
Culture
Hydroelectric power accounts for 9%
Mali is ___ in the Sahara, which causes?
How many people lack access to water?
36% of the population lives under what?
Water is contaminated from what?
Water contributes to 80% of what?
This NGO provides clean water and trains locals to…
65%, frequent droughts
11 million
The poverty line
Agriculture/industry
Water related diseases
WaterAid, maintain the construction of a water network
