The global implications of water management
Management strategies to protect the global water cycle Objectives Global management strategies to protect the water cycle including improving forestry techniques, water allocations for domestic, industrial and agricultural use and drainage basin planning (including run-off, surface stores and groundwater).
Management strategies to protect the global water cycle What different strategies can be put in place to manage the global water cycle?
Management strategies to protect the global water cycle Read pages 135 and 136 Forestry Give examples of how multilateral agencies can promote forest protection and restoration? You must give specific examples.
Management strategies to protect the global water cycle What is the biggest consumer of water?
Management strategies to protect the global water cycle How do the following agricultural techniques reduce the evaporation/wastage or run off of water?
Management strategies to protect the global water cycle How can you manage the amount of water used on a large river basin such as the Colorado River?
Water allocation The Colorado River Compact is a 1922 agreement among seven U.S. states in the basin of the Colorado River in the American Southwest governing the allocation of the water rights to the river's water among the parties of the interstate compact. The compact divides the river basin into two areas, the Upper Division (comprising Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming) and the Lower Division (Nevada, Arizona and California
Water allocation The Colorado River Compact was signed in 1922. Why could this be an issue? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKXwEFlZgMk
Management strategies to protect the global water cycle Read pages 135 and 136 Forestry Give examples of how can multilateral agencies can promote forest protection and restoration? You must give specific examples. Agricultural management 2) How can water wastage from agriculture be reduced? Also look back at land crop management in table 4.17 on page 135. Water allocation 3a) What is the Colorado Compact? b) What issues are occurring with the Colorado Compact today and why?
Management strategies to protect the global water cycle Drainage Basin Planning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNJSosmtvlY
Management strategies to protect the global water cycle Drainage Basin Planning 4a) What is drainage basin management? How does this work? b) How has this been set up in England and Wales? c) What are the benefits of this type of approach?