Water Management and Pollution: A Comprehensive Notes Outline, Lecture notes of Change Management

Download Water Management and Pollution: A Comprehensive Notes Outline and more Lecture notes Change Management in PDF only on Docsity! Water Management Notes Outline : Water Pollution 1 Water Pollution 1. What is the hydrologic cycle? 2. Define each of these steps in the hydrologic cycle: a. Evaporation – b. Transpiration – c. Condensation – d. Precipitation – e. Runoff – f. Infiltration – 3. Fill out the following tables of water distribution on Earth: Type of Water Percent Saltwater Freshwater Total Freshwater Percent Frozen Groundwater Surface Water Surface Freshwater Percent Lakes Soil Moisture Water Vapor Rivers Living Organisms 4. Define water withdrawal – 5. Define water consumption – 6. What makes up the majority of water withdrawal and consumption? Water Management Notes Outline : Water Pollution 2 7. What does it mean to be experiencing water scarcity? 8. Label the zone of aeration, zone of saturation, and water table on the figure below. 9. What is an aquifer? a. What makes an aquifer confined? b. Where are aquifers refilled? 10. Define each of these consequences of overconsumption: a. Cone of depression – b. Saltwater intrusion – c. Subsidence – 11. What is desalination? a. What is the downside of using this as a source of fresh water? 12. Who regulates tap water?