Weekly exercises

Weekly Exercise for Water Chronicles 5

Name:

1. See the data on freshwater use in the United States in 2015 below.

a) What is the total amount of water use in the United States in 2015?

__________________________ million gallons/d

b) What were the top 3 purposes to use groundwater?

c) What types of activities used groundwater more than surface water?

2. List 3 U.S. states with carbonate aquifers and 3 U.S. states with basalt aquifers

Carbonate aquifers:

Basalt aquifers:

3. What are the factors that affect groundwater recharge?

4. What is the range of annual groundwater level change from year 2011 to 2020? What are the highest and lowest groundwater levels (depth to water level) between year 2011 and 2020?

5. Watch the following video: Bottling Giant, Maine Residents Battle Over Water: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4TzuesCiFs

Who do you support? The local residents or the Poland Spring company? Why?

6. Describe and explain the geographic distribution of thermal springs in the US.

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