WATER RESOURCES

By: Althea Marasigan

Water Resources
Sources of freshwater that are useful
to society. They can be used for
agricultural use, industrial use, and
recreational use.
- fabricating
- processing
- washing
- diluting
- cooling
- transporting a product
- to grow fruits & veggies
- raise livestock
Types of Water Resources
Surface water resources
Groundwater resources
Stormwater resources
Wastewater resources
Saltwater resources
Icecap water resources
Surface Water
Resources
This is the collection of water on the
ground, or in a stream, river, lake, wetland,
or ocean.
Groundwater
Resources
The water below the surface of the
Earth. It is the source of about 37% of
the water that water departments
supply to households and businesses.
 Stormwater Resources
This is the source of any type of
precipitation, such as rain, snow, and hail.

Polluted Runoff - when stormwater runs over

pavement and parking lots, picking up
pollutants, and then flowing into a nearby
river or stream.
 Wastewater
Resources
The source of used water, affected by
domestic, industrial, and commercial
use such as bathing, dishwashing, and
laundry.
Two Types
of
Wastewater
Type of Wastewater

Domestic Sewage
Carries used water from houses
and apartments. Also known as
sanitary sewage.
Type of Wastewater

Industrial Sewage
Carries used water from
manufacturing or chemical
processes.
Source of water that has chloride
and sodium or other elements that
give seas their salty characteristic.
97% of the water on Earth is
saltwater.
saltwater is water that contains 3.5% salt. Before

Saltwater humans use salt water, it must first go through a

process called desalinization, where you remove

Resources the salt.

Water that is locked up in ice or frozen water.
An ice cap is a glacier, a thick layer of ice and
snow, that covers fewer than 50,000 square
kilometers (19,000 square miles).

Ice Cap Water

Resources
 Water
Resources
for Human
Use
Agriculture
Grow

Plants

Fruits

vegetables
Industrial
Household
washing clothes

taking a bath

watering plants

drinking water
Recreational
swimming

boating

fishing

surfing
 How different
activities affect
the water for
Human Use
Removal of
Ecosystem
one of the greatest causes of critical
loss of availability of water sources.