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Water Resource Challenges

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Appendix E

Water Resource Challenges

Review Ch. 10 and 11 of your text, then complete the following:

Provide at least three freshwater and three ocean water resource challenges by filling in the following table. Then, respond to the question that follows:

|Freshwater Resource Challenge |Description |
|Agricultural runoff |Pesticides, cleaning solvents, and industrial chemicals are |
| |being released into groundwater and threaten drinking water.|
|Overpopulation |Farmers have expanded their agricultural productivity to |
| |arid and semiarid lands with irrigation, and are now using |
| |71 percent of the world’s total water consumption. This is |
| |done to provide food for the growing population. |
|Sewage |The release of sewage from toilets, showers, and sewers, |
| |which include human waste, and soaps, which carry several |
| |diseases as well as rob water of dissolved oxygen needed |
| |for fish and other aquatic animals |
|Ocean Water Resource Challenge |Description |
|Marine pollution |Pollution from land and rivers that empty into the ocean as |
| |well as offshore...