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Drinking Water

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The issues

Water is vital to life. This topic reviews local supply and quality of drinking water. Comparisons with other countries brings a wider perspective to this topic.

The science

This topic illustrates the following fundamental themes:
  • the variety of water sources for drinking,
  • the difficulty in getting pure water and that levels of purity depend on local conditions.

    The activities

    In this topic the learning activities include:
  • where local drinking water comes from,
  • the amount of drinking water used daily,
  • local drinking water supply analysis,
  • water and health in the community.
  • What are the Issues and Impacts of Water Scarcity in your country? Write your own report with a focus on either Issues or on Impacts. Include what you and your community can do or are already doing to help improve the situation and publish your report through Making the News. To submit your report, click on News and then Submit in the top menu and then click on Guest Entry to add your story.

    Age range

    This topic will fit in the chemistry and geography curricula and in most countries will be suitable for students aged 12 to 16 years.

    Downloading the topic

    English

    Students' Pages
    Teachers' Notes
    Exchange Form in Word Format

    Korean

    Introductory page
    Complete topic

    Chinese

    Students' Pages
    Teachers' Notes
    Exchange Form

    Dutch

    Students' Pages
    Exchange Form (English in Word Format)

    Arabic

    Students' Pages
    Teachers' Notes


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