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Term Paper On Water Resources
Term Paper On Water Resources
Department of Education
Division of Tacloban City
LEYTE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Senior High School
WATER RESOURCES
Submitted by:
Ragonot, Edward Romeo
Avestruz, Shiela
Caandi, Kyla Faye
Lamsin, Estelle Nerie
Rubis, Gwyn Kyla
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION 1
ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS/ PROBLEMS AS A RESULT OF ITS UTILIZATION
3
Human Activities 3
Overpopulation 3
Overuse of Water Resources 3
Consumption of Contaminated Water 3
MANAGEMENT PLAN TO CONSERVE AND PROTECT 4
CONCLUSIONS 5
BIBLIOGRAPHY/REFERENCES 15
References 15
Bibliography 17
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I. INTRODUCTION
Water is one of the most essential and abundant universal components that humans need
for their daily lives. Water covers about 71% of the earth’s total surface including clouds and is
also one of the contributors in making our planet blue and white from space.
Water is essential for life on Earth. Water resources helps to regulate climate, it shapes
Earth's surface and serves as a habitat for all marine life. It also can be used for various purposes
variety of purposes such as drinking, bathing and washing (Chauhan, et. al. 2015).
Water resources come in a variety of forms and its main categories are the saltwater,
Saltwater is abundant in the surface of the planet and is most likely found ocean basins.
However, saltwater is currently not that useful when it comes to potable water supplies. Marine
life is mostly present in saltwater. While this water resource is useless in dealing with the
Groundwater has the largest percentage of all freshwater resources and can be found
everywhere. It is an important natural resource, keeping the water level and flow into rivers,
lakes, and wetlands. Irrigation, food industry, and agriculture use groundwater as the main and
reliable source of water. It is naturally retained by rain water and snowmelt or from water that
Surface water is found in streams and lakes. This water is the main source for potable
water supply, irrigation, industry, livestock, transportation and hydroelectric energy. More than
63% of the consumed water of public is from surface water, 58% from irrigation, and 98% from
industries.. Conservation and quality of surface water is significant to all aspects of daily life
activities.
As time flies and the economy progresses, the demand for water supply skyrocketed.
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Each individual consumes approximately 80-100 gallons daily. Humans use water not
just to drink, shower, or clean, but they also use it through the products they consume. An
average person needs 5 liters of water to drink to survive daily activities. Agriculture can
consume 70% to 90% of freshwater in a certain region (Shiklomanov, n.d). The industry
consumes estimately 167 liters daily on the production of beauty supplies, hair products,
clothing, and office supplies. Food production also plays a large role in water consumption
UTILIZATION
Human Activities
Human activities are one of the major factors that affect the quality of water sources
across the globe, thus imposing a rising threat not only to humanity but to the well-being of the
world itself (Halder and Islam, 2015). Human use of natural waters, especially freshwater, has
increased steadily overtime. This trend will most likely never change because of the never-
ending large water consumption in agriculture, in the industry, household, and other human-
induced activities. Surface waters are being consumed to their maximum capacities by most
countries. These situations have given rise to growing concern on the availability of water
Overpopulation
According to United Nations’ report in 2001, estimates that the global population will
drastically increase to 9.4 billion people by 2050. Population growth not only limits the
availability of water supply for each individual, it will also negatively affect the biodiversity and
Overuse of water resources has contributed to the deterioration of water quality. Mineral
fertilizers that are spread throughout the surface and subsurface of water have caused the
Waterborne diseases are caused by improper waste management and are a timely and
relevant issue especially in countries with limited or no machines to sustain the needs of the
people on exterminating or lessening plastic wastes and other garbage using advanced
technologies. Water-related diseases cause 3.4 million deaths each year. These are caused by
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drinking contaminated water. Contaminated water can cause gastrointestinal infections and many
types of diarrheal diseases including Cholera, Guinea worm disease, Typhoid, and Dysentery.
Biophysical Issues/
Effects Objectives Existing Solution
Impact Problems
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IV. CONCLUSION
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V. BIBLIOGRAPHY/ REFERENCES
References
Links Used:
https://www.greenfacts.org/en/water-resources/index.htm
http://frndzzz.com/importance-of-water-resources-points
https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/other/agricultural/index.html
https://sciencing.com/types-water-resources-5127497.html
https://www.britannica.com/science/water-resource
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/es1041755
https://www.vestergaard.com/global-challenges/waterborne-diseases
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Bibliography
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Halder, J.N., & Islam, M.N., (2017). Water Pollution and its Impacts on Human Health. Allied
Haseena, M.Muhammad, F.M., Asma, J., Sidra, A., Nayab, A., Sharon, Z., & Jaweria, H.,
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