What is the situation when demand for water for human activities exceeds water resources, called?
Water scarcity
Water crisis
Water saturation
Water stress
Which of the following countries withdraw more water from its rivers and aquifers each year than is being replenished?
Yemen
Jordan
Israel
All of the above
Which of the following is the source of blue water?
Ground water
Rivers
Lakes
In developed countries, majority of the total water consumption is used for which purpose?
Agriculture
Industries
Domestic use
Equal proportion for agriculture, domestic and industries
What is the process of creating fresh water by removing saline from bodies of salt water called?
Desalination
Evaporation
Transpiration
Condensation
When is a country judged to experience water scarcity?
When water supply falls below 500 cubic meters per person per year
When water supply falls below 1000 cubic meters per person per year
When water supply falls below 1700 cubic meters per person per year
When water supply falls below 2000 cubic meters per person per year
What is the relatively clean waste water, such as from kitchen and laundry cycles are called?
Blue water
Green water
Grey water
Which of the following area are most associated with physical water scarcity?
Arid regions
Semi-arid regions
Regions where water resources are over committed
The volume of water used in other countries to produce the goods and services imported and used by the population of the country are called:
Virtual water
Water footprint
Internal water footprint
External water footprint
In developing countries, majority of the total water consumption is used for which purpose?
