Water Resource Challenges

Associate Level Material

Appendix E

Water Resource Challenges

Review Ch. 10 and 11 of your text, then complete the following:

Provide at least three freshwater and three ocean water resource challenges by filling in the following table. Then, respond to the question that follows:

|Freshwater Resource Challenge |Description |

|Flooding |When there is an abundance of rain, this causes flooding |

| |from the freshwater into the cities. |

|Drought |When there is no rain, plant life dies off and the cost of |

| |food goes up. |

|Contaminated or polluted water |This is any physical or chemical change in water that |

| |adversely affects the health of humans and other organisms. |

| |Example would be sewage, waste that are in the water. |

| | |

|Ocean Water Resource Challenge |Description |

|Overfishing |The most serious problem for marine fisheries is that many |

| |species, particularly large predatory fish, have been |

| |harvested to the point that their numbers are severely |

| |depleted. This...