Sci/ 275 Appendix E

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Sci/ 275 Appendix E

Axia College 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 |
|Damming |This one is more of a controversy on the one hand clean |
| |power, on the other hand disturbance of the natural flow |
| |regime. |
|Salt water intrusion of coastal wells |When fresh water is withdrawn at a faster rate than it can |
| |be replenished, a draw down of the water table occurs with a|
| |a resulting decrease in the overall hydrostatic pressure. |
| |When this happens near an ocean coastal area, salt water |
| |from the ocean intrudes into the fresh water aquifer. The |
| |result is that fresh water supplies become contaminate with |
| |salt water as is happening to communities along the Atlantic|
| |and Gulf coasts. |
| |The increased use of groundwater has caused the salt-water |
| |interface to move...

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