EQ 1: What is the Geography of Water Supply and Demand?

  • Know how water supply is controlled by physical factors, within the hydrological cycle.
  • Explain the supply –v- demand balance in specific locations and how this is changing.
  • Explore human degradation of supply by over-abstraction/ saltwater incursion and other forms of pollution.
  • Know the actual and relative economic cost of obtaining water supply in the developed and developed world.