what are the four kinds of water use?

Answer 1

Water Uses




The uses of water are many, from drinking and cleaning to irrigating crops and landscapes. Water is used for cooling, for recreation, and dust control. Water is needed for restaurants, most industrial processes, and even some religi ous ceremonies. On another level, the splash and flow of water in streams and fountains soothes and inspires.
In one way or another, water is a part of almost everything humans make and do. Washing a load of laundry uses 40 gallons, filling a backyard pool takes about 25,000 gallons, growing a pound of cotton consumes 1,000 gallons, while producing a pound o f copper uses 20 gallons. All these water demands are met by various supply sources including the Salt, Gila and Colorado Rivers and groundwater pumped from beneath the surface.

Uses where water is consumed, usually through evaporation or plant growth, are consumptive uses. Examples include water used for irrigation or in evaporative coolers. Non-consumptive uses, such as bathing, hydropower generation and recreation, do no t use up water. Used non-consumptively, the same water can be used again and again, although some uses lower the quality of the water. Once used, wastewater can be treated and used again as reclaimed water or effluent.

The main categories of water use are agricultural, municipal and industrial. In Arizona, irrigated agriculture long has been the biggest consumptive user of water. Although it still accounts for nearly 80 percent of all water use, agricultural use i s declining. Municipal and industrial uses currently are much less, but are growing rapidly. Mining activities and cooling towers used for power generation account for most of the remaining water use.

Answer 2

Uses of fresh water:

1. Agricultural
2. Industrial
3. Household
4. Recreation
5. Environmental

Edit: But you only need four and that's five. I think leave out the last one environmental because your teacher may not be looking for that one. That is not so much an advanced human society use so much as it is something inherent in water from the dawn of time.

Answer 3

1) human consumption,(drinking water,cooking)
2) production of consumer products,(drinks ,food ,)

3) industrial use (electricity, factory use in production)
4) (agriculture)
5) human utility use (washing clothes ,bathing ,draining toilets etc)

1 and 2 could be under one

Answer 4

water is used for a lot of things. Drinking, cooking with, bathing, swimming, living for sea animals....the list goes on.

Answer 5

Along with Oxygen, supports life

Answer 6

ice cubes, steam iron, water lawn and drink

Answer 7

drinking recreation sanitation agriculture

Answer 8

drinking
cooking
bathing
electricity
cleaning