water resource
Liquid natural asset
Water resource refers to sources of water available for human use—rivers, lakes, aquifers, reservoirs, and groundwater supplies.
The term appears most often in policy, environmental science, and infrastructure planning: The state's water resources are strained by drought.
It encompasses both the physical supply and questions of access, allocation, and sustainability.
Usually plural: managing water resources.
- reservoirLarge water storage basin
- riverLarge flowing watercourse
- aquiferGroundwater-bearing geological formation
- well pumpDevice extracting groundwater
- lakeEnclosed body of freshwater
pollution control · spring · glacier · rain barrel · dam · wetland · ocean · irrigation system · desalination plant · hydroelectric power · aquaculture · aquatic ecosystems · canal · firefighting · sanitation · pipeline · cistern · storm drain
water resourcepetroleum
Natural underground hydrocarbon liquid
fossil fuel · mineral resource · oil · coal · natural gas
water resourcewater scarcity
Insufficient freshwater for demand
water shortage · drought · aridity · water stress · desertification
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