The Water Crisis

By Alec Kelly-Jones

Why do we need water?

Drinking
Growing food
Energy
Mineral resources
Production

The crisis
In the 20th century
populations have tripled
Improved standards of
living

Water demanded has

increased by a factor of
six

One third of earths

population lacks access
to sufficient or clean
water

Guess the amount of water

used in?
a tomato =
1 gal
one KW hour=
21 gals
a loaf of bread=
150 gals
a pound of beef =
1600 gals
a ton of steel=
63000 gals
100 gals
A typical day =

Two Types Of Use

Off stream

(removes water from the

source)

Irrigation

In stream

(returns water to the

source)

Industry

Hydro electricity

Thermo electric cooling

Amounted to 3,300 billion

Public supply
Amounted to 410 billion
gallons in 2005 (U.S.
water usage)

gallons in 2005 (U.S.

water usage)

Groundwater mining
Recharge rate is
negligible on human
scale.

Urban development
worsens lack of recharge
due to impermeable
surfaces (concrete,
asphalt)

over pumping of aquifers

causes cone of
depression to deepen.

Saltwater Intrusion
Over pumping of coastal
aquifers draws saline
water into freshwater
supply.

Melting glaciers contribute

to this due to rising sea
levels

Drop in aquifers due to

over pumping change
regional groundwater flow
direction
Danger of pollutants
entering freshwater supply.

Sustainable solutions
Dams
Aqueducts
Reseviors
Desalination

Boiling
Freezing
Filtering
Electro dialysis

What you can do

Adopt a conservative
mindset (less water more
effectively)

Rainwater harvesting
Water conservation
techniques
Low flow shower head
Drip systems
Gray water systems

Work Cited
Chellaney, Brahma. Water, Peace, and War: Confronting
the Global Water Crisis. Web. 7 Oct. 2016.

Newton, David E. The Global Water Crisis: A Reference

Handbook. Web. 6 Oct. 2016.

Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation. Rice

University, Web. 6 Oct. 2016.