Agricultural Water Use
Animal waste from livestock and excess nutrients in soil
What are causes of algal blooms?
Businesses controlling water rights
What is water privatization?
Displacement of people and lower river levels in some areas
What are the results of building a hydropower dam?
Food and energy
What is water used to produce on a farm?
Reduced water waste; less money spent by local government
What are the benefits of water privatization?
Rechargeable, underground water source made of permeable rock
What is an aquifer?
Reduces regulation and water access for low income individuals
What are the downsides of water privatization?
Results in coral reef bleaching
What is increased water temperature?
Increased demand and greater risk of groundwater depletion; decreased water quality
What are the impacts of population increase on water supply?