ESL5 (1-2) Social Studies: Who Owns Water

What steps require a significant amount of money?

• build desalination plants or dams

• clean and make the water that comes from our taps safe to drink

• pipes and sewage works that clean the water and make it safe to put into a river or the sea.

• build bucket toilet and open pit

Why do people in the poorer countries can't use clean water even if there are a few water companies?

• They don't have enough money.

• These companies are unethical businesses.

• They just want to carry water from rivers.

• They use the water from dam.

Where do people take water from if they don't have money to pay for clean water ?

• wells

• streams

• waterholes

• reservoirs

• dams

How do people in the poorer countries go to the bathroom?

• They use a box.

• They use a open pit

• They use a bucket.

• They use a smart toilet.

Which charities are working to try to provide clean water and safe toilets for the people in poorer countries?

• UNICEF

• Water Aid

• Oxfam

• Oxford

What do the charities do to make the water clean?

• provide clean toilets to people

• build gutters to collect rainwater

• drill wells deep into ground

• build cement tanks

In countries where there is some rain, ______ and ______ are being built to collect rainwater.

• small dams/ rivers

• small dams / reservoirs

• gutters / cement tanks

• pipes / drill

What are gutter and cement tanks for?

• to collect rainwater

• to filter water

• to clean polluted water

• to drill well

In a few places, solar panels are used to drive pumps that bring up water from deep ground.

• True

• False