Andrew Skeene - Agriculture - Water Conservation -- Fresh, clean water is a limited resource. People who have access to fresh water need to take steps to limit their use of water to avoid waste.

1. Water Conservation Quiz
Fresh, clean water is a limited resource. While most of
the planet is covered in water, it is salt water that can
only be consumed by humans and other species after
undergoing desalination, which is an expensive process.
Occurrences such as droughts further limit access to
clean and fresh water. In some areas of the world,
access to water is limited due to contamination. People
who have access to fresh water need to take steps to
limit their use of water to avoid waste.

2. 1. Agriculture wastes
1,500 trillion liters, of the
_____ liters of water it
uses each year.
2. Agriculture is responsible for approximately 70 percent
of water withdrawals, but _______ of the water
consumption.
3. In Nairobi urban poor pay
10 times more for water than
in ______.
4. According to the UN, Two-thirds of the world’s
population is projected to face water scarcity by
_______.

3. 5. The average swimming pool takes _______ gallons of
water to fill.
6. A swimming pool
naturally loses about
1,000 gallons (3,785 liters)
a month to _____.
7. 90% – 95% of pool and spa water lost to evaporation
can be saved by installing a _________.
8. The U.S. had the world’s highest per
capita water footprint, at ________
per annum.

4. 9. A person needs 20-50 liters (5.28-13.21 gallons) of
water per _____ for basic needs.
10. Over the past 40 years
the world’s population has
doubled while water use
has _________.
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Answers:
1. 2,500 trillion
2. 90 percent
3. New York
4. 2025
5. 22,000
6. evaporation
7. pool cover
8. 2,842 cubic meters
9. day
10. quadrupled