Freshwater is essential for everybody, but it is not evenly distributed around the globe; it is available in abundance in some places but scarce in others and this can lead to conflict.
Water can be extracted sustainably from its sources (but often isn’t).
Lessons
| 1 | Distribution and uses of freshwater (including influence of climate change on distribution) | ||||||
| 2 | Contamination and unsustainable extraction | ||||||
| 3 | Enhancing freshwater supplies | ||||||
| 4 | Conflict over water supplies | ||||||
| 5 | Conflict on the Nile | ||||||
Essay Task
“Outline and evaluate strategies that can be used to meet increasing demand for freshwater.” [9 marks]
The essay should marked using the Paper 2, Section B essay markbands.
Google Docs Version
Open the link and make a copy to your own drive. The doc can easily be shared as an “Assignment” on Google Classroom.
A markbands rubric designed for Google Classroom is available here.