rising demand for water in the UK

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  • rising demand for water in the UK
    • about
      • daily water consumption is 120 litres per person
        • lower that France and germany
          • germany: 185
          • france: 309
      • water consumption is rising
        • population growth
        • industrial revolution
        • deindustrialisation: but more use for generation of electricity (43%)
    • uses of water
      • agriculture and fisheries - 14%
      • domestic (e.g. swimming pools) - 20%
      • services - 9%
      • energy and water - 43%
        • used directly to turn turbines that generate electricity
        • converted into steam by buying fossil fuels and steam turns the turbines
      • manufacture - 14%
    • problem = distribution
      • demand areas are separate from areas of supply
        • highest water demand in SE which is the driest part of the country.
          • waterstress
        • water surplus in Wales and N England
          • waterstress
      • solution:
        • extracting as much water as possible from aquifers in SE.
        • constructing reservoirs in north and west to collect as much rain as possible
          • e.g. Kielder in NE
        • transferring collected water by pipeline to main areas of water deficit in major cities in the midlands and the south.

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