Fresh Water Resource

1. the benefits of freshwater:

1.1. humans need water for hydration, most fresh water bodies hold other resources like fish which is food. we also use freshwater to fish and boating along with other uses.

2. timeline (recycling process)

2.1. water cycle: water becomes fresh water through evaporation. then it condenses and is put back onto the surface through rain.

2.2. once it falls to the earth it could runoff into any body of water. it can be absorbed by plants or be filtered through the soil. also they can be stored in glaciers and end up staying there for a long time.

2.3. these processes can take up 10,000 years. sometimes the time varies from short to long periods of time.

3. Location

3.1. only 2.5%

3.2. 70% of freshwater is frozen in glaciers

3.3. only 1% is accessable

3.4. the rest is stored ground water

4. challenges

4.1. there are way more people than our source of fresh water can sustain. we only have so much fresh water that can sustain life in general not just humans so its kinda hard to conserve something we need a lot of everyday.

5. outlook

5.1. we really cant conserve fresh water because we consume a lot, however we can reduce pollution of water. if we do that it can increase the amount of fresh water we have on earth. on the upside there are ways of making salt water fresh water so if our natural fresh water runs out its not like there isnt anymore hope of living