Theory question 308
Environmental Resources(a) Define the term water resources (b) Identify three effects of water pollution (c) Outline three usefulness of water resources
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Model answer
(a) Water resources are sources of water useful to people and living things, such as rivers, lakes, seas, groundwater and rainfall.
(b) Water-borne diseases (cholera, typhoid); death of fish and other aquatic life; shortage of clean drinking water; eutrophication; loss of income for fishermen; bad smell and ugliness.
(c) Drinking and domestic use; irrigation; industry; hydroelectric power; fishing; transport; recreation and tourism.
Explanation
Three of each.