Water Demand
- Created by: jg1234
- Created on: 11-02-16 18:45
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human influence on water supply & demand
- changes in land use may affect interception, infiltration, and surface shortage eg urbanisation and deforestion may be changes in land use
- flood management and dam construction may affect channel flow and storage
- by quantity (adding to or abstracting) or quality (pollution)
- water abstraction affects ground water and can create salinization and saltwater incursion
compare water demand
- the demand for agricultural water has increased by around 70%
- the use of domestic and household water has decreased
- the amount of water being used in the manafacturing business has decreased
demand for water
- water stresses - global population is increasing meaning that there is less water…
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