3. Water scarcity and water quality

Geographic inquiry: The varying power of different actors in relation to water management issues

• Physical and economic water scarcity, and the factors that control these including the causes and impacts of droughts; the distinction between water quantity and water quality
• Environmental consequences of agricultural activities on water quality, to include pollution (eutrophication) and irrigation (salinization)
  • Detailed examples to illustrate the role of different stakeholders
• Growing human pressures on lakes and aquifers, including economic growth and population migration
• Internationally shared water resources as a source of conflict
  • Case study of one internationally shared water resource and the role of different stakeholders in attempting to find a resolution