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Environmental Biology Textbook

Chapter 7: Water Availability and Use

Great Lakes from Space. The Great Lakes hold 21% of the world’s surface fresh water. Lakes are an important surface water resource.

Learning Outcomes

After studying this chapter, you should be able to:

  • Understand how the water cycle operates
  • Know the causes and effects of depletion in different water reservoirs
  • Understand how we can work toward solving the water supply crisis
  • Understand the major kinds of water pollutants and how they degrade water quality
  • Understand how we can work toward solving the crisis involving water pollution

Chapter Outline

  • 7.1 Water Cycle and Fresh Water Supply
  • 7.2 Water Supply Problems and Solutions
  • 7.3. Water Pollution
  • 7.4. Water Treatment
  • 7.5. Case Study: The Aral Sea – Going, Going, Gone
  • 7.6. Chapter Resources

Attribution

Essentials of Environmental Science by Kamala Doršner is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Modified from the original.

Chapter 7: Water Availability and Use

After studying this chapter, you should be able to: Understand how the water cycle operates Know the causes and effects of depletion in different water reservoirs Understand how we can work toward solving the water supply crisis Understand the major kinds of water pollutants and how they degrade water quality Understand how we can work toward solving the crisis involving water pollution 7.1 Water Cycle and Fresh Water Supply 7.2 Water Supply Problems and Solutions 7.3.