Learning Objectives and Success Criteria – Fresh Water Management

(What you will be learning and what you need to know to be successful)

Topic Learning objectives: Success criteria:

Global water  describe water distribution  % oceans
distribution  % fresh water: found in ice sheets and
glaciers, ground water, atmosphere, lakes
and rivers
The water cycle  describe and interpret the water  precipitation, surface run-off, interception,
cycle infiltration, ground water flow, through-flow,
transpiration, evaporation and condensation
Water supply  describe the sources of fresh water  aquifers, wells, rivers, reservoirs, desalination
used by people plants
Water usage  describe the different ways in which  domestic, industrial, agricultural
fresh water is used
Water quality and  compare availability of safe drinking  between water-rich and water-poor regions
availability water (potable water) in different and the potential for water conflict.
parts of the world  access to safe drinking water in urban and
rural areas
Multipurpose  describe and evaluate multipurpose  choice of site
dam projects dam projects (Three Gorges dam in  environmental, economic and social impacts
China and the Clutha dam in NZ)  sustainability

Water pollution  describe the sources of water  domestic waste, including sewage from urban
and its sources pollution and rural settlements
 industrial processes
 agricultural practices
Impact of water  describe and explain the impact of  global inequalities in sewage and water
pollution pollution of fresh water on people treatment
and the environment  risk of infectious bacterial diseases, typhoid
and cholera
 accumulation of toxic substances from
industrial processes in lakes and rivers
 bioaccumulation of toxic substances in food
chains
 the effect of acid rain on organisms in rivers
and lakes
 nutrient enrichment leading to
eutrophication
Managing  describe and explain strategies for  improved sanitation
pollution of fresh improving water quality  treatment of sewage
water  pollution control and legislation
Managing water-  describe the life cycle of the malaria
related disease parasite
 describe and evaluate strategies to  antimalarial drugs, vector control, eradication
control malaria
 describe strategies to control  boiling and chlorination
cholera

Case Studies: Study the impact of a named multipurpose dam scheme

Study the causes, impacts and management of pollution in a named body of water