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GEOGRAPHY WORKBOOK
ANSWER KEY:
Theme 3, Chapter 6:
1. More than two billion people worldwide lack access
to safe drinking water; and nearly double that
number—more than half the world's population—
are without adequate sanitation services.
2. Water supply is the provision of water by public
utilities, commercial organizations or by community
endeavors.
3. They help control the flow of water or to contain the
water in one place, so it can be used by people for
drinking, irrigation, or flood prevention.

5. 40 %

6. a) Most of the desalinating plants will distil water by

boiling, generally using waste gases produced by oil wells.

b) Advantages: > Does not affect the water level in rivers.

 Disadvantages: > Expensive, > Too much minerals
might be present in the desalinated water, which is a
hazard to the body.

7. Cloud Seeding.

8. 1) Wells – Own Commentary.

2) Boreholes – Own Commentary.

9. Drinking water, which comes from surface and ground

sources.

10. Developed countries use a little water for agriculture,

more water for domestic and industrial purposes,
compared with developing countries, which uses more
water for agriculture, less water for domestic and industrial
purposes.

11. a) Cases in which, there is no enough water to meet

both human demands and environmental flow needs.

b) The lack of water infrastructure in general or to the

poor management of water resources where infrastructure
is in place.

12. Water stress is when water supply in a country is below

1700 m3/person/year.

Water scarcity is when water supply falls below 1000

m3/person/year.
13. > Increase in population – Expand it.

> Increase in the number of industries – Expand it.

> Increase in biofuel production – Expand it.

14. > It encourages the systematic reuse of water.

> Spur investment in recycling and reclamation

> Lead to greater investment in the reduction of water

losses.

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