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Provision of UK Resources (Water (Water Demand (What our the main uses of…

- - - - Despite for the increase in demand the consumption has deceased dew to industries improving energy conservation
  - - - The UK is no longer self sufficient because we have exhausted our know fossil fuels. By 2020 the UK is expected to import 75%of its energy the major change in the UK's energy has been the decrease of coal between 1990 and 2007 the decline was dew to quires about carbon dioxide levels and greenhouse gasses.
  - - - What are the environmental and economic impacts?
        
        Environmental impacts are risk of harmful radioactive leaks,warm wast water could affect local ecosystems.the processing and storing of radioactive waste.
        
        Economic impacts are Very expensive £18 billion with china funding in Hinkly point. High costs for producing electricity. Decommissioning of old plants is expensive but new plants produce jobs and boost local economy.
    - - What are the environmental and economic impacts?
        
        Environmental impacts are visual impacts number of tourists could decline wind farms avid harmful gasses and help reduce carbon footprints, assess to wind farms and noise from them.
    - - What is this and why is it a concern?
        
        Fracking is pumping water and chemicals deep into the earth at a high pressure so as to extract gas this has become a very controversial problem because of possibility of earthquakes, pollution of underground water sources and the cost of fracking.
- - - - The main use of our water is domestic at almost 50% and 21% of that goes to leakages.The water demand is expected to rise by 5% percent by 2020 dew to increase in population and housing and water intensive domestic appliances.
  - - - The main source of the UK's water supply is rivers reservoirs and ground water aquifers. In the north west of the UK has a water surplus on the other hand the south est of the UK has a water deficit.
  - - - Water is only currently transferred via the Tyne,Wear and Tees to as far as south Yorkshire.There is a growing need for water transfer with pipes and pumping however this has be postponed because of the cost and effect on land and wildlife as well as greenhouse gasses.
  - - - We can improve water quality by removing sediment then adding chlorine. quality can be kept better by restricting recreational use and strict regulations on water use. thing such as leaching from underground mines,discharge from industrial sites and chemical run off from farmland can threaten our water quality.
- - - - The UK imports about 40% of the food consumed and this proportion is expected to increase.
    - - Transporting food by air is very expensive and also just moving the food you will use a lot of emotion creating a carbon footprint which is very bad for the environment.
  - - - What is this and how dose it impact food supplies and costs?
        
        An agribusiness is intensive farming aimed to maximise the amount of food produced. Farms are run as commercial businesses and get investment so use chemicals and modern technology.
    - - Food produced without chemicals in the process this is becoming increasingly more popular although higher labour costs. Organic foods are often associated with local and seasonal foods.
  - - - The population is increasing causing food demand to rise it is said that by 2037 the population of the UK is expected to rise to 73 million form 64 million in 2015.