Aquatic Ecosyster : Water

  Question to answer: Where does your water come from and what does it cost? Have you experienced shortages? How would you and your community deal with a water shortage? Please consider the following when answering the question: What is the source of your drinking water? Do you have your own well? If you do, what is the source that replenishes your groundwater? If not, what is the source for water that flows to your community? Does your community divert water from a river or is it piped from a distant river? Is the source near or how far away? What other communities or irrigation projects use water from this source before it gets to you? How do these factors affect your cost for water? Does your cost change between periods of high and low water levels? Has your water supply been affected by drought or flood? How have you or your community responded to water shortages? How much does the cost of water use change when the supply is limited?