4.1 Flashcards
(18 cards)
水足印
Water footprint
淡水供應
Freshwater supply
水資源短缺
Water shortage
地下水
Groundwater
發電
Electricity generation
飲用
Drinking
洗
Washing
不充分的
Inadequate
生活水平
Living standard
污水
Sewage
What are the uses of water?
Sport /recreation
Electricity generation:hydroelectric &nuclear power
Transport/washing/drinking
核電
nuclear power
What is water footprint related to?
Level of economic development and living standard
How do level of economic development and living standard  affects the water footprint?
As our income increases and living standards improve, we will use more water at home, in forms and factories. That means our water footprint will become larger
What is the major threat to the global water supply
An increasing demand for freshwater
The decreasing supply of clean freshwater
Y there is an increasing demand for freshwater
Increasing population
More economic activities and higher living standard
Wasting water
How do more economic activities and higher living standard lead an increasing demand of water?
When people buy imported goods and food they consumed water from other place .the water footprints in rich countries are therefore usually bigger
How the decreasing supply of clean fresh threat water supply?
When toxic substance such as sewage and industrial waste enter lakes river and groundwater they pollute the clean freshwater makes water shortages become serious
