1. Water Unit
Standard SEV.5.c: Describe how human activities affect global and local sustainability.
EQ: How can water important resource? Describe how we can make it “unusable”? or useable again?

2. How Can We Protect the Environment
How Can We Protect the Environment? Can we ensure that water is available for everyone?

3. Will we fight over water in the future? Is water a human right?
Georgia-Florida-Alabama Water War…..20 years and counting.

5. Surface water The most usable form of water for humans on land.
Most people depend on surface water to live and transport commerce, grow crops, fishing and hydroelectric power.
River systems are a network of tributaries that come from a large river.

6. What is a Watershed?
A watershed is the water that supports a given area.
Any pollution that enters a watershed affects the entire area.

7. Groundwater
Most fresh water exists as groundwater, beneath the layers of soil and rock
The area underground that is saturated with water is the water table.
The water that exists under the water table is call an aquifer. We use aquifers to create wells.

9. While viewing this video answer the prepared questions
Blue Gold

10. The End

11. Opening You have 25 questions worth 50 points
Water Review Handout
You have 25 questions worth 50 points
You have 40 minutes to get as many questions answered then I will take it up; grade it

12. Water Wars You have an packet of article on the Tri-State Water Wars.
Identify 10 key dates/Events in “water war”
Create a Timeline
Explain the IMPORTANCE of each date that you selected on the timeline
Create a POSTER (timeline)

13. Water Use and Management

14. How much water do we use?
Americans use an extreme amount of water. For recreational and residential purposes

16. Water Treatment
Pathogens Removed from water
Abiotic Hazards removed from water
Bacteria
Mercury
Protozoa
Arsenic
Viruses
lead
Parasitic worms
Humans in developed countries have ways to re-use water that is available. Water must be treated so that is potable (safe to drink).