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    This document discusses water resources, including surface water, groundwater, floods, droughts, conflicts over water, and dams. It notes that water is an important resource used for agriculture, industry, households, recreation, and the environment. However, overuse of water resources can lead to issues like depletion of aquifers from overexploitation of groundwater and floods or droughts from changes to water flows. Specifically, it discusses floods that occurred in Nepal in 2014, as well as droughts in Andhra Pradesh, India. Dams are described as barriers that retain water and can be used for hydroelectric power or water storage. The document provides examples of the Hoover Dam and Bhakra Dam and also discusses a conflict between

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    This document discusses water resources, including surface water, groundwater, floods, droughts, conflicts over water, and dams. It notes that water is an important resource used for agriculture, industry, households, recreation, and the environment. However, overuse of water resources can lead to issues like depletion of aquifers from overexploitation of groundwater and floods or droughts from changes to water flows. Specifically, it discusses floods that occurred in Nepal in 2014, as well as droughts in Andhra Pradesh, India. Dams are described as barriers that retain water and can be used for hydroelectric power or water storage. The document provides examples of the Hoover Dam and Bhakra Dam and also discusses a conflict between

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    This document discusses water resources, including surface water, groundwater, floods, droughts, conflicts over water, and dams. It notes that water is an important resource used for agriculture, industry, households, recreation, and the environment. However, overuse of water resources can lead to issues like depletion of aquifers from overexploitation of groundwater and floods or droughts from changes to water flows. Specifically, it discusses floods that occurred in Nepal in 2014, as well as droughts in Andhra Pradesh, India. Dams are described as barriers that retain water and can be used for hydroelectric power or water storage. The document provides examples of the Hoover Dam and Bhakra Dam and also discusses a conflict between

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    WATER RESOURCES

    USE AND OVER UTILIZATION OF SURFACE AND


    GROUNDWATER,FLOODS,DROUGHTS,CONFLIC
    TS OVER WATER DAMS,BENEFITS

    WATER

    Importance of Water

    WATER RESOURCES
    Water resourcesare sources

    ofwaterthat are useful or


    potentially useful.
    Uses of water include
    agricultural ,industrial,
    household, recreational and
    environmentalactivities.

    AVAILABILITY OF WATER

    SOURCES OF
    WATER

    Surface Water Sources

    Ground Water Sources

    Frozen Water Sources

    Over-Exploitation
    of Water
    Resources

    Over- Eploitation
    Overexploitation, also

    calledoverharvesting, refers to
    harvesting arenewable resourceto
    thepoint of diminishing returns.
    Sustained overexploitation can lead
    to the destruction of the resource.

    Water resources, such aslakesandaquifers, are


    usually renewable resources which naturally recharge.

    Overexploitation ofgroundwaterfrom
    anaquifercan result in apeak water-curve.

    WATER
    CALAMITIES

    Floods

    Floods
    Afloodis an overflow of water that

    submerges land which is usually dry.


    Flooding may occur as an overflow of water
    from water bodies, such as ariveror lake, in
    which the water overtops or breakslevees,
    resulting in some of that water escaping its
    usual boundaries,or it may occur due to an
    accumulation of rainwater on saturated
    ground in an areal flood.

    Katmandu, Nepal(Reported:18

    th

    August,2014)

    The death toll from days of heavy rainfall and

    flooding in Nepal and India rose to more than


    150 on Monday, according to officials in Nepal
    and India.
    More than 100 people are still missing in
    Nepal, mostly in low-lying areas throughout
    the country, said Laxmi Prasad Dhakal, a
    spokesman for the Nepal Ministry of Home
    Affairs.
    More than 11,000 homes have been damaged
    and roughly 22,000 families displaced in the
    floods.

    Droughts

    Droughts
    Droughtis an extended period when a region

    receives a deficiency in its water supply,


    whether atmospheric,surfaceorground
    water.
    A drought can last for months or years, or
    may be declared after as few as 15 days.
    It can have a substantial impact on
    theecosystemandagricultureof the affected
    region.

    Andhra Pradesh

    Dams

    Dams
    Adamis a barrier thatimpoundswateror

    underground streams.
    Dams generally serve the primary purpose of
    retaining water, while other structures such as
    floodgatesorlevees are used to manage or prevent
    water flow into specific land regions.
    Hydropowerandpumped-storage hydroelectricity are
    often used in conjunction with dams to generate
    electricity.
    A dam can also be used to collect water or for storage
    of water which can be evenly distributed between
    locations.

    Hoover Dam , Colorado


    River

    Bhakra Dam ,River Sutlej

    Conflicts over Water


    Resources

    China-India:The Brahmaputra River

    The Brahmaputra River is a 2,900 km river

    that originates in Tibet and flows through


    Indias Arunachal Pradesh state before
    merging with the Ganges and draining into
    the Bay of Bengal in Bangladesh.
    It is considered an important resource in all
    three countries that it flows through: for
    energy-hungry China, it provides
    hydroelectricity; and for India and
    Bangladesh, a key agricultural lifeline in
    otherwise overpopulated and arid region.

    Thank You!

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