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LIVING IN THE ENVIRONMENT 17TH MILLER/SPOOLMAN
Chapter 13
Water Resources
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Case Study: The Colorado River Basin— An Overtapped Resource (1)
• 2,300 km through 7 U.S. states
• 14 Dams and reservoirs
• Located in a desert area within the rain shadow of the Rocky Mountains
• Water supplied mostly from snowmelt of the Rocky Mountains
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Case Study: The Colorado River Basin— An Overtapped Resource (2)
• Supplies water and electricity for about 30 million people • Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego
• Irrigation of crops that help feed America
• Very little water reaches the Gulf of California
• Southwest experiencing recent droughts
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The Colorado River Basin
Fig. 13-1, p. 317
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Aerial View of Glen Canyon Dam Across the Colorado River and Lake Powell
Fig. 13-2, p. 317
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13-1 Will We Have Enough Usable Water?
• Concept 13-1A We are using available freshwater unsustainably by wasting it, polluting it, and charging too little for this irreplaceable natural resource.
• Concept 13-1B One of every six people does not have sufficient access to clean water, and this situation will almost certainly get worse.
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Freshwater Is an Irreplaceable Resource That
We Are Managing Poorly (1)
• Why is water so important?
• Earth as a watery world: 71% of surface
• Poorly managed resource
• Water waste
• Water pollution
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Freshwater Is an Irreplaceable Resource That We Are Managing Poorly (2)
• Access to water is
• A global health issue
• An economic issue
• A women’s and children’s issue
• A national and global security issue
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Girl Carrying Well Water over Dried Out Earth during a Severe Drought in India
Fig. 13-3, p. 319
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Most of the Earth’s Freshwater Is Not Available to Us
• Freshwater availability: 0.024%
• Groundwater, lakes, rivers, streams
• Hydrologic cycle
• Movement of water in the seas, land, and air
• Driven by solar energy and gravity
• People divided into
• Water haves
• Water have-nots
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Hydrologic Cycle
Fig. 3-16, p. 67
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Fig. 3-16, p. 67
Condensation Condensation
Ice and snow
Transpiration from plants
Precipitation to land Evaporation of
surface water Evaporation from ocean
Runoff
Lakes and reservoirs Precipitatio
n to ocean Runoff
Increased runoff on land covered with crops, buildings and pavement Infiltration and
percolation into aquifer
Increased runoff from cutting forests and filling wetlands
Runoff
Groundwater in aquifers
Overpumping of aquifers
Runoff Water pollution
Ocean
Natural process
Natural reservoir
Human impacts
Natural pathway
Pathway affected by human activities
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Groundwater and Surface Water Are Critical Resources (1)
• Zone of saturation
• Spaces in soil are filled with water
• Water table
• Top of zone of saturation
• Aquifers
• Natural recharge
• Lateral recharge
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Groundwater and Surface Water Are Critical Resources (2)
• Surface Water
• Surface runoff
• Watershed (drainage) basin
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We Use Much of the World’s Reliable Runoff
• 2/3 of the surface runoff: lost by seasonal floods
• 1/3 is reliable runoff = usable
• World-wide averages • Domestic: 10%
• Agriculture: 70%
• Industrial use: 20%
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Science Focus: Water Footprints and Virtual Water (1)
• Water footprint
• Volume of water we directly and indirectly
• Average American uses 260 liters per day
• Flushing toilets, 27%
• Washing clothes, 22%
• Taking showers, 17%
• Running faucets, 16%
• Wasted from leaks, 14%
• World’s poorest use 19 liters per day
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Science Focus: Water Footprints and Virtual Water (2)
• More water is used indirectly = virtual water
• Hamburger, 2400 liters
• Virtual water often exported/imported
• Grains and other foods
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Virtual Water Use
Fig. 13-A, p. 321
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Fig. 13-A, p. 321
1 tub = 151 liters (40 gallons)
= 1 tub
= 4 tubs
= 16 tubs
= 17 tubs
= 72 tubs
= 2,600 tubs
= 16,600 tubs
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Case Study: Freshwater Resources in the United States
• More than enough renewable freshwater, unevenly distributed and polluted
• Effect of
• Floods
• Pollution
• Drought
• 2007: U.S. Geological Survey projection
• Water hotspots
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Average Annual Precipitation and Major Rivers, Water-Deficit Regions in U.S.
Fig. 13-4, p. 322
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Fig. 13-4, p. 322
Average annual precipitation (centimeters)
Less than 41 81–122 More than 122
Acute shortage
Shortage
Adequate supply
Metropolitan regions with population greater than 1 million
41–81
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Stepped Art
Average annual precipitation (centimeters)
Less than 41
41-81
81-122
More than 122
Acute shortage
Shortage
Adequate supply
Metropolitan regions with population greater than 1 million Fig. 13-4, p. 322
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Water Hotspots in 17 Western U.S. States
Fig. 13-5, p. 322
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Fig. 13-5, p. 322
Washington
Oregon Montana
North Dakota
Idaho South Dakota Wyoming
Nevada Nebraska
Utah Colorado Kansas
California Oklahoma
Arizona New Mexico
Texas
Highly likely conflict potential
Substantial conflict potential
Moderate conflict potential
Unmet rural water needs
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Water Shortages Will Grow (1)
• Dry climates
• Drought
• Too many people using a normal supply of water
• Wasteful use of water
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Water Shortages Will Grow (2)
• China and urbanization
• 30% earth’s land area experiences severe drought
• Will rise to 45% by 2059 from climate change
• Potential conflicts/wars over water
• Refugees from arid lands
• Increased mortality
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Natural Capital Degradation: Stress on the World’s Major River Basins
Fig. 13-6, p. 323
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Fig. 13-6, p. 323
Europe Asia
North America
Africa
South America
Australia
Stress
High None
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13-2 Is Extracting Groundwater the Answer?
• Concept 13-2 Groundwater used to supply cities and grow food is being pumped from aquifers in some areas faster than it is renewed by precipitation.
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Groundwater is Being Withdrawn Faster Than It Is Replenished (1)
• Most aquifers are renewable
• Aquifers provide drinking water for half the world
• Water tables are falling in many parts of the world, primarily from crop irrigation
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Groundwater is Being Withdrawn Faster Than It Is Replenished (2)
• India, China, and the United States
• Three largest grain producers
• Overpumping aquifers for irrigation of crops
• India and China
• Small farmers drilling tubewells
• Effect on water table
• Saudi Arabia
• Aquifer depletion and irrigation
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Trade-Offs: Withdrawing Groundwater, Advantages and Disadvantages
Fig. 13-7, p. 325
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Fig. 13-7, p. 325
Trade-Offs
Withdrawing Groundwater
Advantages Disadvantages
Useful for drinking and irrigation
Aquifer depletion from overpumping
Exists almost everywhere
Sinking of land (subsidence) from overpumping
Renewable if not overpumped or contaminated
Pollution of aquifers lasts decades or centuries
Deeper wells are nonrenewable
Cheaper to extract than most surface waters
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Natural Capital Degradation: Irrigation in Saudi Arabia Using an Aquifer
Fig. 13-8, p. 325
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Case Study: Aquifer Depletion in the United States
• Ogallala aquifer: largest known aquifer • Irrigates the Great Plains
• Very slow recharge
• Water table dropping
• Government subsidies to continue farming deplete the aquifer further
• Biodiversity threatened in some areas
• California Central Valley: serious water depletion
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Natural Capital Degradation: Areas of Greatest Aquifer Depletion in the U.S.
Fig. 13-9, p. 326
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Fig. 13-9, p. 326
Groundwater Overdrafts:
Moderate
Minor or none
High
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Kansas Crops Irrigated by the Ogallala Aquifer
Fig. 13-10, p. 326
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Overpumping Aquifers Has Several Harmful Effects
• Limits future food production
• Bigger gap between the rich and the poor
• Land subsidence
• Mexico City
• San Joaquin Valley in California
• Groundwater overdrafts near coastal regions
• Contamination of groundwater with saltwater
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Subsidence in the San Joaquin Valley
Fig. 13-11, p. 327
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Solutions: Groundwater Depletion, Prevention and Control
Fig. 13-12, p. 327
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Fig. 13-12, p. 327
Solutions
Groundwater Depletion
Prevention Control
Waste less water Raise price of water to discourage waste
Tax water pumped from wells near surface waters
Subsidize water conservation
Set and enforce minimum stream flow levels
Limit number of wells
Do not grow water-intensive crops in dry areas
Divert surface water in wet years to recharge aquifers
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Deep Aquifers Might Be Tapped
• May contain enough water to provide for billions of people for centuries
• Major concerns
1. Nonrenewable
2. Little is known about the geological and ecological impacts of pumping deep aquifers
3. Some flow beneath more than one country
4. Costs of tapping are unknown and could be high
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13-3 Is Building More Dams the Answer?
• Concept 13-3 Building dam-and-reservoir systems has greatly increased water supplies in some areas, but it has disrupted ecosystems and displaced people.
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Large Dams and Reservoirs Have Advantages and Disadvantages (1)
• Main goal of a dam and reservoir system
• Capture and store runoff
• Release runoff as needed to control:
• Floods
• Generate electricity
• Supply irrigation water
• Recreation (reservoirs)
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Large Dams and Reservoirs Have Advantages and Disadvantages (2)
• Advantages
• Increase the reliable runoff available
• Reduce flooding
• Grow crops in arid regions
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Large Dams and Reservoirs Have Advantages and Disadvantages (3)
• Disadvantages • Displaces people
• Flooded regions
• Impaired ecological services of rivers
• Loss of plant and animal species
• Fill up with sediment
• Can cause other streams and lakes to dry up
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Large Dams and Reservoirs
Fig. 13-13, p. 328
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Fig. 13-13a, p. 328
Provides irrigation water above and below dam
Flooded land destroys forests or cropland and displaces people
Large losses of water through evaporation
Provides water for drinking
Deprives downstream cropland and estuaries of nutrient-rich silt
Reservoir useful for recreation and fishing
Risk of failure and devastating downstream flooding
Can produce cheap electricity (hydropower)
Reduces down-stream flooding of cities and farms Disrupts
migration and spawning of some fish
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Fig. 13-13b, p. 328
Powerlines
Reservoir
Dam
Intake Powerhouse
Turbine
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A Closer Look at the Overtapped Colorado River Basin (1)
• Only small amount of Colorado River water reaches Gulf of California
• Threatens aquatic species in river and species that live in the estuary
• Current rate of river withdrawal is not sustainable
• Much water used for agriculture that is inefficient with water use: cotton, alfalfa, rice
• Water use subsidized by government
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A Closer Look at the Overtapped Colorado River Basin (2)
• Reservoirs
• Leak water into ground below
• Lose much water through evaporation
• Fill up with silt load of river, depriving delta
• Could eventually lose ability to store water and create electricity
• States must conserve water, control population, and slow urban development
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The Flow of the Colorado River Measured at Its Mouth Has Dropped Sharply
Fig. 13-14, p. 329
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Fig. 13-14, p. 329
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13-4 Is Transferring Water from One Place to Another the Answer?
• Concept 13-4 Transferring water from one place to another has greatly increased water supplies in some areas, but it has also disrupted ecosystems.
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California Transfers Water from Water-Rich Areas to Water-Poor Areas
• Water transferred from north to south by
• Tunnels
• Aqueducts
• Underground pipes
• California Water Project
• Inefficient water use
• Environmental damage to Sacramento River and San Francisco Bay
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Southern California Lettuce Grown with Northern California Water
Fig. 13-15, p. 331
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The California Water Project and the Central Arizona Project
Fig. 13-16, p. 331
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Fig. 13-16, p. 331
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Case Study: The Aral Sea Disaster (1)
• Large-scale water transfers in dry central Asia
• Salinity
• Wetland destruction and wildlife
• Fish extinctions and fishing declines
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Case Study: The Aral Sea Disaster (2)
• Wind-blown salt
• Water pollution
• Restoration efforts
• Cooperation of neighboring countries
• More efficient irrigation
• Dike built to raise lake level
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Natural Capital Degradation: The Aral Sea, Shrinking Freshwater Lake
Fig. 13-17, p. 332
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13-5 Is Converting Salty Seawater to Freshwater the Answer?
• Concept 13-5 We can convert salty ocean water to freshwater, but the cost is high, and the resulting salty brine must be disposed of without harming aquatic or terrestrial ecosystems.
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Removing Salt from Seawater Is Costly, Kills Organisms, Creates Briny Wastewater (1)
• Desalination
• Removing dissolved salts
• Distillation: evaporate water, leaving salts behind
• Reverse osmosis, microfiltration: use high pressure to remove salts
• 14,450 plants in 125 countries
• Saudi Arabia: highest number
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Removing Salt from Seawater Is Costly, Kills Organisms, Creates Briny Wastewater (2)
• Problems
1. High cost and energy footprint
2. Keeps down algal growth and kills many marine organisms
3. Large quantity of brine wastes
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Science Focus: The Search for Improved Desalination Technology
• Desalination on offshore ships
• Solar or wind energy
• Use ocean waves for power
• Build desalination plants near electric power plants
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13-6 How Can We Use Water More Sustainably?
• Concept 13-6 We can use water more sustainably by cutting water waste, raising water prices, slowing population growth, and protecting aquifers, forests, and other ecosystems that store and release water.
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Reducing Water Waste Has Many Benefits
• One-half to two-thirds of water is wasted
• Subsidies mask the true cost of water
• Water conservation
• Improves irrigation efficiency
• Improves collection efficiency
• Uses less in homes and businesses
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We Can Cut Water Waste in Irrigation
• Flood irrigation
• Wasteful
• Center pivot, low pressure sprinkler
• Low-energy, precision application sprinklers
• Drip or trickle irrigation, microirrigation
• Costly; less water waste
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Major Irrigation Systems
Fig. 13-18, p. 335
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Fig. 13-18, p. 335
Center pivot (efficiency 80% with low-pressure
sprinkler and 90–95% with LEPA sprinkler)
Drip irrigation (efficiency 90–95%)
Water usually pumped from underground and sprayed from mobile boom with sprinklers.
Gravity flow (efficiency 60% and 80% with surge valves)
Above- or below-ground pipes or tubes deliver water to individual plant roots. Water usually comes from an aqueduct system
or a nearby river.
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Stepped Art
Gravity flow
(efficiency 60% and 80% with surge valves)
Water usually comes from an
aqueduct system or a nearby river.
Drip irrigation
(efficiency 90–95%)
Above- or below-ground
pipes or tubes deliver water
to individual plant roots.
Center pivot (efficiency 80% with low-pressure
sprinkler and 90–95% with LEPA
sprinkler)
Water usually pumped from
underground and sprayed
from mobile boom with
sprinklers.
Fig. 13-18, p. 335
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Solutions: Reducing Irrigation Water Waste
Fig. 13-19, p. 336
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Less-Developed Countries Use Low-Tech Methods for Irrigation
• Human-powered treadle pumps
• Harvest and store rainwater
• Create a polyculture canopy over crops: reduces evaporation
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Treadle Pump in Bangladesh
Fig. 13-20, p. 337
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We Can Cut Water Waste in Industry and Homes
• Recycle water in industry
• Fix leaks in the plumbing systems
• Use water-thrifty landscaping: xeriscaping
• Use gray water
• Pay-as-you-go water use
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Solutions: Reducing Water Waste
Fig. 13-21, p. 337
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Xeriscaping in Southern California
Fig. 13-22, p. 338
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We Can Use Less Water to Remove Wastes
• Can we mimic how nature deals with waste?
• Use human sewage to create nutrient-rich sludge to apply to croplands
• Waterless composting toilets
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Solutions: Sustainable Water Use
Fig. 13-23, p. 339
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Fig. 13-23, p. 339
Solutions
Sustainable Water Use
Waste less water and subsidize water conservation
Do not deplete aquifers
Preserve water quality
Protect forests, wetlands, mountain glaciers, watersheds, and other natural systems that
store and release water
Get agreements among regions and countries sharing surface water resources
Raise water prices
Slow population growth
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What Can You Do? Water Use and Waste
Fig. 13-24, p. 339
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13-7 How Can We Reduce the Threat of Flooding?
• Concept 13-7 We can lessen the threat of flooding by protecting more wetlands and natural vegetation in watersheds, and by not building in areas subject to frequent flooding.
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Some Areas Get Too Much Water from Flooding (1)
• Flood plains • Highly productive wetlands
• Provide natural flood and erosion control
• Maintain high water quality
• Recharge groundwater
• Benefits of floodplains • Fertile soils
• Nearby rivers for use and recreation
• Flatlands for urbanization and farming
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Some Areas Get Too Much Water from Flooding (2)
• Human activities make floods worse
• Levees can break or be overtopped
• Paving and development increase runoff
• Removal of water-absorbing vegetation
• Draining wetlands and building on them
• Rising sea levels from global warming means more coastal flooding
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Natural Capital Degradation: Hillside Before and After Deforestation
Fig. 13-25, p. 340
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Fig. 13-25a, p. 340
Diverse ecological habitat Evapotranspiration
Trees reduce soil erosion from heavy rain and wind
Agricultural land
Tree roots stabilize soil
Vegetation releases water slowly and reduces flooding Forested Hillside
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Fig. 13-25b, p. 340
Tree plantation
Roads destabilize hillsides
Overgrazing accelerates soil erosion by water and wind
Evapotranspiration decreases
Winds remove fragile topsoil
Agricultural land is flooded and silted up
Gullies and landslides
Heavy rain erodes topsoil
Silt from erosion fills rivers and reservoirs Rapid runoff causes flooding
After Deforestation
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Diverse
ecological
habitat Evapotranspiration
Trees reduce soil
erosion from heavy
rain and wind
Tree roots
stabilize soil
Vegetation releases water
slowly and reduces flooding
Forested Hillside
Agricultural
land
Stepped Art
Tree plantation
Roads
destabilize
hillsides Overgrazing accelerates soil
erosion by water and wind
Winds remove
fragile topsoil
Agricultural
land is flooded
and silted up Gullies and
landslides
Heavy rain erodes topsoil
Silt from erosion fills
rivers and reservoirs
Rapid runoff
causes flooding
After Deforestation
Evapotranspiration decreases
Fig. 13-25, p. 340
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Deforestation Above China’s Yangtze River Contribute to Erosion and Floods
Fig. 13-26, p. 341
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Case Study: Living Dangerously on Floodplains in Bangladesh
• Dense population on coastal floodplain
• Moderate floods maintain fertile soil
• Increased frequency of large floods
• Effects of development in the Himalayan foothills
• Destruction of coastal wetlands: mangrove forests
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We Can Reduce Flood Risks
• Rely more on nature’s systems
• Wetlands
• Natural vegetation in watersheds
• Rely less on engineering devices
• Dams
• Levees
• Channelized streams
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Solutions: Reducing Flood Damage
Fig. 13-27, p. 342
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Fig. 13-27, p. 342
Solutions
Reducing Flood Damage
Preserve forests on watersheds
Straighten and deepen streams (channelization)
Prevention Control
Preserve and restore wetlands in floodplains
Tax development on floodplains
Build levees or floodwalls along streams
Use floodplains primarily for recharging aquifers, sustainable agriculture and forestry
Build dams
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Three Big Ideas
1. One of the world’s major environmental problems is the growing shortage of freshwater in many parts of the world.
2. We can increase water supplies in water-short areas in a number of ways, but the most important way is to reduce overall water use and waste by using water more sustainably.
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Three Big Ideas
3. We can use water more sustainably by cutting water waste, raising water prices, slowing population growth, and protecting aquifers, forests, and other ecosystems that store and release water.