Strategies to increase water supply: catchment, diversion, storage, water transfers and desalination
Countries use several engineering strategies to increase their water supply. These include collecting rainwater, redirecting rivers, building reservoirs, moving water between regions, and removing salt from seawater.
Real World
Israel's Sorek desalination plant, the world's largest when opened, now supplies roughly 20% of the country's municipal water, transforming a chronically water-scarce nation into one that exports water management expertise.
Exam Focus
Always evaluate strategies using cost, sustainability, and scale — exam mark schemes reward comparative judgement, not just description of how each method works.
Essay Framework
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