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Feasibility of Different Techniques for Providing Fresh Water to Arid Regions of the World.

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FC/PM501 Skills for study 2 | Feasibility of different techniques for providing fresh water to arid regions of the world. | Final report | | Word count 1200 | Tutor: James Belcher | | 1.0 Introduction Everything which lives needs water to survive. There are a lot of places in the world where we can find such problem as lack of clean water, and most of these places are developing countries. These include areas in the north of China, India, and the western United States. Global climate change only exacerbates the problem of water shortage. The World population is currently 7 billion people, and each of them needs at least a liter of water a day. What is more, with the explosive growth of the world population, water …show more content…

The collected water can be used for drinking, for irrigation, for livestock, if collected in a container, and then filtered. Rainwater collection system is very convenient, because it is simple to understand, installation and operation. The principle of operation is simple. Water from the roof to the drain pipe goes into the tank or tank if you want to use the water in the house, such as for drinking, it will pass through the filter. for more complex systems requires a system of regulation There is around 1000 liter on each square meter a year, so, there is nearly 100 000 liter rainwater to collect a year on an average roof, what means 217 litter of water a day (Aramo, 2012). According to the UK Rainwater Harvesting Association good quality domestic system cost between $3000 and $4000 4.0 Recommendations and Conclusion Water is a finite resource. These techniques are not suitable for all arid regions, only some can work for some regions. For example, Western Sahara can use desalination, but it can’t use rainwater, because there is no rain there or groundwater exploitation. Desalination of water has become more available in the last decade, cost are falling rapidly, but it still costs more than extraction of groundwater due to the huge costs required to remove the salt, so that the water was fit for drinking and of its further use. Government in arid regions, when decide how to get and clean out water, now

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