Water Management

Ability to ensure that a population has safe drinking water

• Water security
• Agricultural water use
• Domestic water use
• Industrial water use

Water used during the process of manufacturing

• Embedded water
• Water security
• Agricultural water use
• Domestic water use

The extraction of water from rivers or groundwater aquifers

• Water abstraction
• Embedded water
• Water security
• Agricultural water use

The total daily per capita use of fresh water

• Water footprint
• Water abstraction
• Embedded water
• Water security

A barrier that runs across a river or stream to control the flow of water

• Dam
• Water footprint
• Water abstraction
• Embedded water

The collection of fog using nets to make pure drinking water

• Fog harvesting
• Dam
• Water footprint
• Water abstraction

When water is being used more quickly that its being replaced

• Over-abstraction
• Fog harvesting
• Dam
• Water footprint

A long period of low precipitation

• Drought
• Over-abstraction
• Fog harvesting
• Dam

The practice of using small pipes that slowly drip water just above ground to conserve water to use for crops

• Drip irrigation
• Drought
• Over-abstraction
• Fog harvesting

Type of rainfall

• Relief rainfall
• Drip irrigation
• Drought
• Over-abstraction