rising demand for water in the UK
- Created by: Caityhilarybeattie
- Created on: 10-04-17 15:07
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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
- lower that France and germany
- water consumption is rising
- population growth
- industrial revolution
- deindustrialisation: but more use for generation of electricity (43%)
- daily water consumption is 120 litres per person
- 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
- highest water demand in SE which is the driest part of the country.
- 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.
- demand areas are separate from areas of supply
- about
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