WATER RESOURCES

USE AND OVER UTILIZATION OF SURFACE AND

GROUNDWATER,FLOODS,DROUGHTS,CONFLIC
TS OVER WATER DAMS,BENEFITS

WATER

Importance of Water

WATER RESOURCES
Water resourcesare sources

ofwaterthat are useful or

potentially useful.
Uses of water include
agricultural ,industrial,
household, recreational and
environmentalactivities.

AVAILABILITY OF WATER

SOURCES OF
WATER

Surface Water Sources

Ground Water Sources

Frozen Water Sources

Over-Exploitation
of Water
Resources

Over- Eploitation
Overexploitation, also

calledoverharvesting, refers to
harvesting arenewable resourceto
thepoint of diminishing returns.
Sustained overexploitation can lead
to the destruction of the resource.

Water resources, such aslakesandaquifers, are

usually renewable resources which naturally recharge.

Overexploitation ofgroundwaterfrom
anaquifercan result in apeak water-curve.

WATER
CALAMITIES

Floods

Floods
Afloodis an overflow of water that

submerges land which is usually dry.

Flooding may occur as an overflow of water
from water bodies, such as ariveror lake, in
which the water overtops or breakslevees,
resulting in some of that water escaping its
usual boundaries,or it may occur due to an
accumulation of rainwater on saturated
ground in an areal flood.

Katmandu, Nepal(Reported:18

th

August,2014)

The death toll from days of heavy rainfall and

flooding in Nepal and India rose to more than

150 on Monday, according to officials in Nepal
and India.
More than 100 people are still missing in
Nepal, mostly in low-lying areas throughout
the country, said Laxmi Prasad Dhakal, a
spokesman for the Nepal Ministry of Home
Affairs.
More than 11,000 homes have been damaged
and roughly 22,000 families displaced in the
floods.

Droughts

Droughts
Droughtis an extended period when a region

receives a deficiency in its water supply,

whether atmospheric,surfaceorground
water.
A drought can last for months or years, or
may be declared after as few as 15 days.
It can have a substantial impact on
theecosystemandagricultureof the affected
region.

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Dams

Dams
Adamis a barrier thatimpoundswateror

underground streams.
Dams generally serve the primary purpose of
retaining water, while other structures such as
floodgatesorlevees are used to manage or prevent
water flow into specific land regions.
Hydropowerandpumped-storage hydroelectricity are
often used in conjunction with dams to generate
electricity.
A dam can also be used to collect water or for storage
of water which can be evenly distributed between
locations.

Hoover Dam , Colorado

River

Bhakra Dam ,River Sutlej

Conflicts over Water

Resources

China-India:The Brahmaputra River

The Brahmaputra River is a 2,900 km river

that originates in Tibet and flows through

Indias Arunachal Pradesh state before
merging with the Ganges and draining into
the Bay of Bengal in Bangladesh.
It is considered an important resource in all
three countries that it flows through: for
energy-hungry China, it provides
hydroelectricity; and for India and
Bangladesh, a key agricultural lifeline in
otherwise overpopulated and arid region.

Thank You!