Resource Management - Water Recap (Foundation)

Water deficit occurs when...

• Supply is greater than demand

• Demand is greater than supply

• Supply and demand are equal

• There is water surplus

Name this strategy used to increase water supply

• Rainwater harvesting

• Desalination

• Water transfer (pipeline)

• Dams and reservoirs

Which TWO of the following are reasons for the increase in demand for water?

• Lack of rainfall

• Economic development

• Population growth

• Poverty (lack of money)

What is an aquifer?

• A permeable rock

• A mountain lake

• A dried river

• A cave system

Water stress occurs when a country uses over _____ of it's available water

In regions with water insecurity where sources of water are shared between countries, over-use of water can cause...?

• Water conflict

• Water surplus

• Water balance

• Water deficit

Which river flowing through Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt is so heavily dammed that it almost runs dry before it reaches the Mediterranean Sea?

• Amazon River

• River Nile

• Mississippi River

• River Murray

Which agricultural industry in Australia is over-abstracting water from the River Murray?

• Vineyards

• Cattle ranches

• Sheep farms

• Coffee plantations

"It is energy intensive, highly complicated, costly and produces a waste product hard to get rid of" What water supply strategy is being discussed?

• Desalination

• Dams and reservoirs

• Water transfer (pipelines)

• Aquifers

"It can be stocked with fish, generates renewable energy and controls river flooding." What water supply strategy is being discussed?

• Desalination

• Dams and reservoirs

• Water transfer (pipelines)

• Aquifers