Year 7 Geography
Water Scarcity Today
Last updated 29 July 2019
Print Resources
Below is a small selection of print resources that include information about water scarcity. You can locate these using the shelf Call No indicated. You will also find more resources by searching the Library Catalogue using your keywords.
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Jakab, C. (2009). Water supply. South Yarra, Vic: Macmillan Education Australia.
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Murphy, G. (2009). Water: what can you do?. Scoresby, Vic: Five Mile.
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Cohn, J. (. (2014). Water crisis. New York, New York: AV² by Weigl.
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Feinstein, S. (2016). Drying up: running out of water. New York, New York: Enslow Publishing.
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Rooney, A. (2009). Sustainable water resources. London: Franklin Watts.
eBooks
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Murphy, G. (2009). Water inequality. In Water: what can you do?. Scoresby, Vic: Five Mile.
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Murphy, G. (2009). Water stress. In Water: what can you do?. Scoresby, Vic: Five Mile.
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Jakab, C. Water supply. (2009). Retrieved from AccessIt database.
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Rooney, A. (2009). Technological solutions. In Sustainable water resources. London: Franklin Watts.

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Bliss, S., Chaffer, L. & Reid, G. (2013). Nature of water scarcity and strategies. In GeoWorld7. South Yarra, Vic: Macmillan Education.
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Conti, L., Easton, M., Saldais, M., Dumovic, V., & Kostecki, R. (2016). Managing water scarcity. Humanities 7: Western Australian Curriculum. South Melbourne, Victoria: Oxford University Press.
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Feinstein, S. (2016). Too many people, not enough water. In Drying up: running out of water. New York: Enslow Publishing.
eBook
Spilsbury, L. (2010). Threats to our water supply. Retrieved from AccessIt database.
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Websites
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Causes of water scarcity. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.eschooltoday.com/global-water-scarcity/threats-to-water-supply.html
What are the effects of water shortages?. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.eschooltoday.com/global-water-scarcity/effects-of-water-shortage.html
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15 organizations tackling the global water crisis. (2018). Retrieved from https://www.hydrofinity.com/blog/organizations-addressing-the-worlds-water-issues
Ahmad, S. (2017). How people are resolving to reduce water scarcity. Retrieved from https://www.waterlogicaustralia.com.au/blog/reduce-water-scarcity/
Maxim, P. (2019). How water scarcity triggers the refugee crisis – and what tech can do to solve it. Retrieved from https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/06/water-scarcity-refugee-crisis-tech-solve-it/
Mexico City: harvesting rain to reduce water scarcity. (2018). Retrieved from https://goexplorer.org/mexico-city-harvesting-rain-to-reduce-water-scarcity/
Seametrics. (n.d.). 5 consequences of a global water shortage. Retrieved from https://www.seametrics.com/blog/water-shortage-consequences/
Water.org. (2019). The global water crisis. Retrieved from https://water.org/our-impact/water-crisis/global-water-crisis/
This is an organisation that helps people access water.
Water.org. (2019). How does the water crisis affect the economy?. Retrieved from https://water.org/our-impact/water-crisis/economic-crisis/
World Vision. (2013). Get connected. Retrieved from https://www.worldvision.com.au/docs/default-source/school-resources/get-connected-full-issues/getconnected-11-water-in-the-world.pdf
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Leahy, S. (2018). From not enough to too much, the world’s water crisis explained. Retrieved from https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/03/world-water-day-water-crisis-explained/
Robbins, J. (2019). As water scarcity increases, desalination plants are on the rise. Retrieved from https://e360.yale.edu/features/as-water-scarcity-increases-desalination-plants-are-on-the-rise
2030 Water Resources Group. (2015). Water scarcity solutions. Retrieved from https://www.waterscarcitysolutions.org/
Videos
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CBC News. (2018, March 15). Water crisis: what’s the best solution? [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHL-uTB0w54
Tech Insider. (2016, March 8). Water scarcity map [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QQszsz0C20
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CNA Insider. (2018, September 26). India’s looming zero water day: an environmental crisis [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5pcEniBwf0
Karner, S. (Director/Producer)., & Garner, S. (Writer). (2017). Water around the world [Video file]. Retrieved from ClickView database.
PragerU. (2016, October 17). Can a desert nation solve the world’s water shortage? [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TNKkBrm7qs
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Al Jazeera English. (2018, May 3). What’s causing water shortages? [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nssJ3qYNUo
References
California drought [Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nestl-calls-world-s-water-scarcity-more-urgent-than-climate-change-as-it-sells-bottled-water-from-9608067.html

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