Water as a Resource: Storage and Use (simple) — free printable diagram

About this illustration

A labelled diagram showing the full water-as-a-resource cycle: rain falls on a mountain catchment area, flows into a reservoir/dam, passes through a treatment plant (filtration and chlorination), then travels via distribution pipes to homes and farms. A hydroelectric turbine is shown at the dam wall. Water also flows downstream to a wetland ecosystem and eventually to a wastewater treatment facility before being returned to the river. A bottom-left inset covers human impact (farming runoff and industrial discharge) and a bottom-right inset shows four water quality indicator gauges (pH, turbidity, nitrates, temperature).

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