Water Issues

Watersheds

http://www.epa.gov/gmpo/presentations/lmrsbc-intro/lmr-intro-1.gif

What happens upstream impacts those downstream!

Flooding

http://image.weather.com/web/encyclopedia/flood/flood_three.jpg

Drought

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drought_Swimming_Hole.JPG http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drought.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Starved_girl.jpg

Irrigation

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Irrigation_dripper.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/PivotIrrigationOnCotton.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wasser_Reisfeld_Indien.jpghttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Puente_tubo_en_un_cauce_seco.jpg

Dam Building

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoover_Dam_2004.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/3GorgesComposite.1688.jpg

3 Gorges Dam - China

Hoover Dam – Nevada, USA

Desalinization

http://gtm-media.discoveryeducation.com/videos/imagelibrary/web//EF6EAAAD-D382-389D-5618B02D74F0F366.jpg