Water Scarcity DOL

Match the following percentages to their significance

• amount of freshwater on earth

• less than 1%

• water available for use

• 69%

• Trapped freshwater! cannot be used

• 3%

• agricultural use of water

• 70%

• Personal use of water

• 8%

Reorder the following values from LEAST to GREATEST

• Water used to flush a toilet

• Daily minimum water for food & hygiene

• Daily water for 1 American

• Water to produce 1 quarter-pound burger patty

• Water to produce 1 pound corn

CLICK on the feelings wheel. Then, pick 1 WORD to reflect....

How did this lesson make you feel about water scarcity in our world?

Cape Town, South Africa, was faced with___ ____ , the day the city would run out of water, and strict government regulation would need to take place. By cutting their water use in ____ , the people of Cape Town pushed it back ______________.

According to the United Nations (UN), water is a ....

• human right

• commodity

• useless good

• none of the above

​ (a)   in California and​ (b)   in South Africa are examples of ​ (c)   crops grown in ​ (d)   areas. This threatens the freshwater access for local residents, since they may not have enough for consumption and basic ​ (e)   .

• Alfalfa
• wine
• water intensive
• dry
• hygiene
• Corn
• drought-resistant

In Mexico City, people rely on underground deposits of freshwater called ________, but these take thousands of years to accumulate. This means Mexico City could lose half its water supply in as little as ___ years. And, emptying aquifers is causing the city to ____.

What was the cause of the protests in Mexicali; Mexico?

• the government draining the aquifer

• Neighbors going to war over water rights

• Corporations setting up a brewery

• Corporations polluting the freshwater supply

What are the PROS and CONS of desalination? (ONE ANSWER will not be used)

Groups:

(a) PROS

,

(b) CONS

• Increase cost of food

• Technological breakthrough

• Expensive

• Energy Intensive

• Makes ocean water usable

Write ONE thing you wonder about after today's lesson.

(this will be graded. "Nothing" or "I don't know" will not gain credit)