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How can we manage water sustainably? (Appliances (educating and convincing…
How can we manage water sustainably?
Grey Water
in places like the Eden Project and the BedZed development in London.
reusing the grey water from household uses like dishwasher and rain water to flush toilets
can be done is our own homes by using waterbutts to catch rainwater to then be used for watering your garden
waterbutts can be used in both HICs and LICs so can be very sustainable
South-North Water transfer scheme
located in China
moving water through pipelines from the water surplus in the south to the water deficit in the north
in the north the cities are more densely populated so the need for water increases
Dams and Resevoirs
Microdams
In LICs such as Kenya, in Africa, they are building microdams on small streams and rivers in their local area using basic building materials they they have
Microdams can capture water for the local people in the LICs to use for farming and household uses
e.g Oxford with the man-made lake
hige scale shortage of water costing millions and billions of pounds
you can control the flow down the river
hydroelectric power for cheap electricity
Controlling Pollution
many factories from the industrial processes dump their waste into the river
We need to start controlling the amount of waste they put into the river so we can reuse the water by using desalinisation plants
Saudi Arabia has the world's largest desalinisation plants to recycle water to be used again
stronger laws
Groundwater Management
by making sure natural water sources like aquifers aren't exhausted and people are using them sustainably
by having pipelines and sewege pipes that are reliable and upgraded
sometimes farms or power stations can extract too much - over abstraction so can be used up too quickly
increase the price of water so households and businesses use it more carefully
Appliances
by reducing our use of the dual flush on the toilets to save the amoount of water we use
by putting our washing machines and dishwashers on the eco mode
turning off the tap when we don't need to use the water for example when brushing your teeth
educating and convincing people about these strategies by raising awareness
adverts
newspaper articles explaing
TV commercials
Shorter showers to conserve water
water metres
