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WATER - Coggle Diagram
WATER
USES
AGRICULTURE
Water plantss
INDUSUTRIAL
Cool down reactors
Heated to make steam to turn turbines
DOMESTIC
cooking
cleaning
drinkingg
METHODS OF WATER SUPPLY
DAMS
Barrier placed across water made out of concrete
WELLS
a shaft sunk into the ground to obtaain water
RESERVOIRS
Artificial lake that develops behind a lake
CAUSES OF WATER SHORTAGES
POPULATION GROWTH
Increased pressure on water sources as worlds population grows
MISMANAGEMENT
Water is used inappropriately causing water shortages
GLOBAL WARMING
Glaciers melt and most of the water flows into the ocean which is inaccessible
IMPACTS OF WATER SHORTAGES
DROUGHT
Below average supply of water
FAMINE
crops fail and livestock die
WATER BORNE DISEASES
dirty water = high risk of diseases
CONSERVATION
Half flush toilets
water plants at dusk to avoid evaporation
colllect rainwater to use garden
WATER CHARITIES
WELLS to access groundwater
Building toilets to reduce sewage and pollution
Teach appropriate farm techniques
SOLUTIONS
DESALINATION
Governments should invest in more desalination plnats
sewage management]
enforce policies regarding disposal of waste and reuse of waste water