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Watery World - Reservoirs

How many farm houses were brought up and drowned

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16

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Watery World - Reservoirs

Case Study?

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Chew Valley Lake, Bristol

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Watery World - Reservoirs

How much land brought up and drowned?

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2000 acres

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Watery World - Reservoirs

Why is Bristol under pressure?

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Rapid growth from urbanisation - greater water needs

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Watery World - Rivers

Case Study?

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Mojave desert, Las Vegas

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Watery World - Rivers

How much water do they get from Colorado?

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90%

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Watery World - Rivers

How much have groundwater levels declined? Relevance?

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More than 90m

Puts a strain on the river to supply everything

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Watery World - Groundwater

Case Study?

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Mexico City

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Watery World - Groundwater

How many people does it supply to?

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15.6 million

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Watery World - HIC water supply issues

The 4 issues

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Water quality
Spatial variability
Seasonal imbalance
Loss through broken pipes

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Watery World - HIC water supply issues

Water quality

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Standard of water cleanliness falls below expected

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Watery World - HIC water supply issues

Spatial Variability

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Variations in supply and demand across a country

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Watery World - LIC water supply issues

Lack of clean piped water

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1 billion people lack access

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Watery World - LIC water supply issues

Piped water in Mozambique. How many have a water tap?

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36%

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Watery World - LIC water supply issues

Chronic diarrhoea - how many suffer yearly

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900 million

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Watery World - LIC water supply issues

How is chronic diarrhoea contracted

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Drinking dirty water

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Watery World - LIC water supply issues

How is bilharzia contracted

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Parasite disease. Caught in the water when washing, where the snail lives

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Watery World - LIC water supply issues

Cholera - how is it contracted

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Faeces getting into drinking water

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Watery World - LIC water supply issues

Cholera - how many people died, where

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3000 people in Zimbabwe

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Watery World - Water transfer dispute

Why is it under pressure

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  • high demand in cities in dry regions
  • native indians claim rights
  • pop in low basin risen by 40%
  • hoover dam
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Watery World - Water transfer dispute

Central Arizona Project

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Amount of dams lagged water for lower basin

Built a bypass from near the source to near the mouth

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Watery World - Water transfer dispute

Canal

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Lined canal with plastic to stop soaking into ground

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Watery World - HIC Water Management Scheme

What are the effects on drinking water

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Saves 850 mill litres of drinking water by reducing drinking water consumption

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Watery World - HIC Water Management Scheme

recycled water price

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15 cents per litre lower than price of drinking water

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Watery World - HIC Water Management Scheme phosphate
phosphate levels in recycled water is high = algae growth
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Watery World - HIC Water Management Scheme corrosion
corrosion rates of popper pipes can be increased
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Watery World - LIC Water Management Scheme Boreholes
Holes to pump water from. In Mozambique
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Watery World - LIC Water Management Scheme spring protection
prevents contamination. includes fencing surrounding areas. drainage area. concrete wall and outlet pipe to keep clean whilst buckets re filled
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Rivers - FORCE
``` Fast flow Outside of bend River Cliff Erosion ```
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Rivers - Coastal Flooding LIC Causes
Mozambique 2 tropical storms at same time. Made rivers overflow
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Rivers - Coastal Flooding LIC Effects on people
- half a mill left homeless - 700 died - thousands stranded in trees and on buildings
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Rivers - Coastal Flooding LIC Effects on environment
- villages pollute with raw sewage - habitats and animals killed - fresh water contaminated by dirt
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Rivers - Coastal Flooding HIC Causes
- 60mm of rainfall in 2 hours - ground was already saturated - steep drainage basin, impermeable slate - confluence of three rivers
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Rivers - Coastal Flooding HIC effects on people
- 2 million pound rescue op - 50 mill pound damage - 100 cars washed away - 58 flooded properties - 14 million pound insurance
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Rivers - Coastal Flooding HIC effects on environment
- coastal pollution due to debris, cars - 300m of sewer pipes blocked, contaminating flood water - trees and habitats destroyed
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Rivers - Forecasting
River Stour Enviro Agency created maps identifying danger of flooding and whats been done to minimize risks. Weather warnings given out
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Rivers - Building design UK
UK - ceramic tiles and rugs - raise electrical sockets to 1.5m above sea level
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Rivers - Building design Bangladesh
Bangladesh - 80% of land is 10m above sea level - replace wooden windows with synthetic ones - houses on stilts
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Rivers - Planning
Nome, Alaska | - Land use zoning
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Rivers - Education
National Weather Service USA - store drinking water in bathtubs - first aid supplies - disaster supply kit - food stock that requires little cooking and no refrigerating
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Rivers - Management of river/ effect of river flooding human impacts
River Stour, Blandford - impermeable clay - few trees to intercept - very narrow flood plain
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Rivers - Management of river/ effect of river flooding management
- 2.5m high flood wall - flood bank protects brewery - washland - pumping station
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Rivers - Management of river/ effect of river flooding figures
cost 1,450,000 | saved 1,600,000
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Tectonics - Living in an earthquake zone effects
- 42 killed - fires released toxic gases - bay bridge collapsed - gas and electric pipes dirupted = fires
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Tectonics - PPP HIC earthquake
san fransisco earthquake drills - california shakout. 6.9 million took part - earthquake survival kit - earthquake simulators
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Tectonics - causes and effects of volcanic eruption social
montseratt - 5000 had to move - 1 hospital left - health problems
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Tectonics - causes and effects of volcanic eruption economic
montseratt - customers declined by 1/3 due to evacuations - businesses destroyed
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Tectonics - causes and effects of volcanic eruption environmental
montseratt - coral reef covered in ash killed coral - soil more fertile - large amounts of habitats destroyed due to pyroclastic flow
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Tectonics - ppp hic eruption preparing
mt st helens - evacuated 2000 - 50mph speed limit set up - 1 billion in relief funds - volcanologists sent to monitor
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Tectonics - ppp lic eruption preparing
mt nyiragongo - 120 thousand left homeless - no emergency provision - 100 died
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Coasts - preventing coastal flooding HIC
london uk - flood walls along thames - advice - thames barrier - leaving open spaces to be flood plains
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Coasts - preventing coastal flooding LIC
bangladesh - mangrove swamps planted - embankments maintained - efficient early warning systems - large concrete shelters
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Coasts - management of coastal area swanage
- 1.5km of coastal defence - rock armour at base of cliffs - 40,000m3 0f sand - cliff face being undercut
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Tectonics - lic earthquake
kashmir - landslides - trees collapsed - sewage released - 2.3 billion dollars to repair - 79000 killed - 2.5 million homeless - sewage pipes broken = diseases

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