Thames River Basin
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- Created on: 14-05-13 10:57
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- Thames River Basin
- Water Supply
- 4700 million litres of water abstracted.
- Over abstraction has lead to disastrous effect
- Five rivers have low flow conditions
- Increased in the last 30 years by 1.7%
- population growth
- development pressure and economic activity
- losses through leakage from distribution systems and consumers' plumbing
- Industrial development
- Mineral extraction
- Import and exportation use
- Large-scale industries on floodplain like steel works.
- Residential development
- Near rivers - supply of water, flat sites for residential and industrial development.
- Some are built on high ground reduce the risk of flooding.
- Conflict such as the increase in the demand for housing.
- Increasing the demand is due to more jobs - more people.
- Agriculture
- Lower valley is attractive to farmers as there is a good supply of water.
- Arable farming in the lower valley and pastural more suitable in the upper course.
- The arable farming is getting close to wealthy urban markets.
- Energy development
- Not used for HEP not steep enough.
- Waste incinerators - energy
- Recreational and Leisure
- Fishing, swimming, canoeing, rowing, sailing,
- Conservation
- SSSIs
- SPAs and SACs
- Saltmarsh and mudflats home to birds.
- Water Supply
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