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Cases Study: Drought 2012, UK - Coggle Diagram
Cases Study: Drought 2012, UK
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Causes
less rain, Drought affected areas received 55-95% less rain between April 2012 and May 2012
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Warmer temperatures, weather warmer than usual, so more water evaporated from reservoirs, and soils dried out
Dry soils, it was difficult fro the rain to soak into the ground as the soil was dry and hard
High water usage, People in the UK use large amounts of water, 1.7 billion litres of water are used every day
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Effects
Short term
Farmers found it difficult to harvest crops in the autumn of 2011, lower than average yield for 80% of farmers
Dry areas of moorland caught on fire easily, wild fires raging across parts of South Wales
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Responses
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Hoses pipe bans, to conserve water, affected 20 million
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Water transfer schemes, which 100,000 relied on