Top of page  SS7G2a. Explain how water pollution and the unequal distribution of water impacts irrigation, trade, industry, and drinking water Explain how water pollution and the unequal distribution of water impacts irrigation, trade, industry, and drinking water

Water in Africa

Top of Page 67 on lines  Write the question and answer If you could not get water from a faucet at home, where would you travel to get water from? Would it be clean? If you could not get water from a faucet at home, where would you travel to get water from? Would it be clean?

Water: Page 68  Very important resource Can’t live without water Can’t live without water  Some regions have an overabundance of water Central Africa; Rainforest Central Africa; Rainforest  Some regions have very little water Deserts and Sahel; North Africa Deserts and Sahel; North Africa

Lack of Safe Drinking Water  In Sub-Saharan Africa less than 50% of people have safe drinking water  Lack of Basic Sanitation Feces Disposal Problem Feces Disposal Problem Carried into rivers where people and livestock drink, bathe, etcCarried into rivers where people and livestock drink, bathe, etc Diseases Diseases Cholera occurs in places with poor sanitation, crowding, war, and famine.Cholera occurs in places with poor sanitation, crowding, war, and famine.

Fact 1 child dies every 15 seconds from illnesses from dirty water = crashing 20 jumbo jets everyday 1 child dies every 15 seconds from illnesses from dirty water = crashing 20 jumbo jets everyday 240 an hour240 an hour 5760 a day5760 a day

Questions: Bottom of Page 67  How does the lack of water impact industry and development? Need water for people Need water for people Need water to run factories and industries Need water to run factories and industries  How does the lack of water impact agriculture? Plants can’t grow without water. Plants can’t grow without water.  How does irrigation (the watering of dry land) help agriculture? Plants can be grown further out from a water source. Therefore, you increase arable land. Plants can be grown further out from a water source. Therefore, you increase arable land.