Increasing demand for water in the UK
UK- reasons for increasing demand for water, areas of deficit, areas of surplus and need for water transfer
- Created by: Jenny Jones
- Created on: 12-04-14 14:01
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- Increasing demand for water in the UK
- north and west have high rainfall- good supply of water
- north and west areas of water surplus (greater supply than demand)
- south east and midlands have high population densities- high demand for water
- south east and midlands have a greater demand than supply (water deficit)
- demand for water in UK is increasing
- water used by people increased by 50%
- UK population predicted to increase by 10M people in 20 years
- UK needs to manage its supply of water
- transfer water from areas of surlplus to areas of deficit
- Water transfer causes issues
- dams and aqueducts needed are expensive
- could affect wildlife
- possible political issues- people might not want their water given to another country
- to increase water supplies in deficit areas is to build more reservoirs to store more water
- building reservoir can involve flooding settlements and relocating people
- fixing leaky pipes means less water lost during transfer
- UK needs to reduce demands for water
- reducing amount of water used
- taking showers instead of baths
- using hosepipes less
- only run washing machines when full
- turn tap of when not being used
- Water companies want water metres installed
- meters used to charge people for how much water they use
- people with water meters more likely to be careful with amount of water they use
- reducing amount of water used
- north and west have high rainfall- good supply of water
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