Edexcel Geography Water resource GCSE

1. Why do different countries
have different water supply
problems?

2. What is strange about this image?

3. What is strange about this image?
• Wimbledon is always held at the end of June and
beginning of July, however ‘rain stops play’ is
becoming increasingly more common as the years
go by.
• The season weather patterns seem to be
increasingly more imbalanced.
LO: Why do different countries have different water supply problems?

4. London’s climate graph
When is it wettest? When do we need most water?

5. Todays lesson
• Today you and your partner are going to be split up
to look at the water supply problems in two very
different parts of the world … but first take a look at
this …
LO: Why do different countries have different water supply problems?

6. What does this map show?
LO: Why do different countries have different water supply problems?

7. What does this map show?
LO: Why do different countries have different water supply problems?

8. Is there a relationship between these two maps?
Population density Annual Precipitation
LO: Why do different countries have different water supply problems?

9. … and now what relationship do
you see in this map …
LO: Why do different countries have different water supply problems?

10. LO: Why do different countries have different water supply problems?

11. Why do different countries have
different water supply problems?
• To answer this question we are going to look at the
developed and developing work today.
LO: Why do different countries have different water supply problems?

12. Your Turn
• Today you will be researching, on your iPads, the water
supply issue and you will need to produce a fact file for you
(and your neighbour) on either …
• Next lesson please print off one copy for you and one for
your neighbour
1. Water supply problems in the UK
Content:
A. Imbalance of rainfall and demand
from the location of population.
B. Aging Infrastructure (sewage and
water pipes)
C. Seasonal Imbalances
Resources:
Use p258-9 in your text book.
The article on Showbie called ‘UK Water
supply problems’
2. Water supply problems in the
developing world
Content:
A. Access to only untreated water
B. Pollution of water courses
C. Low annual rainfall
Resources:
Use p260-1 in your text book.
The article on Showbie called ‘Developing
counties water supply problems’
LO: Why do different countries have different water supply problems?

13. Water Supply problems in the developing
world?
Access to only untreated water
……………………………………
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Pollution of water courses
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Low Annual Rainfall
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14. Your Turn
• Today you will be researching, on your iPads, the water
supply issue and you will need to produce a fact file for you
(and your neighbour) on either …
• Next lesson please print off one copy for you and one for
your neighbour
1. Water supply problems in the UK
Content:
A. Imbalance of rainfall and demand
from the location of population.
B. Aging Infrastructure (sewage and
water pipes)
C. Seasonal Imbalances
Resources:
Use p258-9 in your text book.
The article on Showbie called ‘UK Water
supply problems’
2. Water supply problems in the
developing world
Content:
A. Access to only untreated water
B. Pollution of water courses
C. Low annual rainfall
Resources:
Use p260-1 in your text book.
The article on Showbie called ‘Developing
counties water supply problems’
LO: Why do different countries have different water supply problems?

15. Plenary
• If you had to produce the anagrams for the start of
next lesson, what would they be!
LO: Why do different countries have different water supply problems?