Challenges in the human environmentSection C: The challenge of resource management

Hitosa, EthiopiaA local scheme in an LIC to increase

sustainable water supplyRemember, the more effort you put into these homework tasks, the better this will be as a revision resource. This homework is here for YOU to further YOUR understanding of the topics you will be examined in.

Use the information below to create a resource that will help you understand the how the development of a large-scale water transfer scheme has its advantages and disadvantages. There are suggested activities to give you ideas but it is your work so organise it in a way that suits you.

Sustainable water supply is meeting the present-day need for safe, reliable and affordable water, which minimises harmful effects on the environment, without reducing the supply of water for future generations.

Suggested activities:Annotate the two maps to show the location of Hitosa, Ethiopia and look at the key to find out about access to safe water and the population with no access to sanitation – use numbers in your annotations. You could also add information from the text above to your annotations of the maps.

Suggested activities: Remind yourselves what appropriate technology means (see your Living World

homework on desertification. Find the logos of the international aid organisations to help you remember

them. Create something that helps you to remember the acronym WASH. You could

write it out vertically and add pictures to remind you:WAS

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Suggested activities: Annotate the first map with the information in the first paragraph.Find a picture of a gravity fed water scheme and label it with the information above. Or you could draw out the information above.

Suggested activities: Look up words you are unsure of (or ask your teacher for help understanding). Make a table that outlines key successes and key problems. To what extent has this local scheme been successful? Justify your opinion.

Hint: Consider the successes and the problems (you may need to explain these in more detail). Imagine it like the pair of scales below – which way, and how far, would they tip if you put the facts on it?

Very unsuccessful Very successful