§3.4: water, often too little - part 2

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§3.4: water, often too little

Today

• Recap previous lesson




• Explanation §3.4 + videoclip
• Assignments workbook

In the future

• More water is needed:

     - increase in population

     - increase in prosperity 

     - urbanisation

• Consequences:  
  

      - water stress

      - physical water shortage

      - economic water scarcity 

Water stress

"All the problems that arise as a result of a shortage of clean drinking water"

Two types:

1. Physical water shortage: there is too little water in an area to meet the needs of the people without disrupting the nature

2. Economic water scarcity: too little has been invested to get the available water to the people

Today

• Recap previous lesson




• Explanation §3.4 + videoclip
• Assignments workbook

Learning goals

• You understand why increasing water stress could lead to a water war.
  
• You can assess a number of measures to eliminate water shortages.
  

Vocabulary 

Retained	Behouden
Silts up	Slibt dicht
In the vicinity	In de buurt van
To reuse more	Meer hergebruiken
Drip irrigation	Druppel irrigatie
Adventages	Voordelen
Disadventages	Nadelen

News article 

nos.nl

Problem:

• Shortage of clean drinking water
• Shortage of irrigation water

What is irrigation water and why is irrigation water been used more and more?

Hold on to what you have

Use less

Save water:

Save water: 

use less

•  Drip irrigation (druppel irrigatie)
• Households and businesses: use less and reuse more

Save water:  hold on to the accessible fresh water

Advantages:

• Bigger water supply
• Electricity 

Disadvantages:

• People are forced to move
• Water reservoir silts up 
• Natural disasters can break the dam

Dams

Three Gorges Dam (China)

Questions:

• What are the advantages of the dam?
• What are the disadvantages of the dam?
• What are the advantages and disadvantages does the dam have for the family where Ruben is having dinner?
• Imagine Ruben visits the same family on the other side of the river. What disadvantages do you think that the family would mention?

www.npostart.nl

Learning goals

• You understand why increasing water stress could lead to a water war.
  
• You can assess a number of measures to eliminate water shortages.
  

Today

• Recap previous lesson




• Explanation §3.4 + videoclip
• Assignments workbook

Start homework

• Read §3.4
• Make assignments 2, 5, 6 and 7 

Done?

• Have the assignments checked by the teacher
• Finish the assignments of chapter 3