SCI 275 Week 6

CheckPoint: Water Resource Challenges

Resource: Appendix E

Due Date: Day 5 [Individual forum]

Complete the Water Resource Challenges table in Appendix E by briefly identifying three fresh and three ocean water resource issues. Then, respond to the questions provided at the bottom of Appendix E.

Assignment: Water Resource Plan

For this assignment, you can choose to conduct either Part A or Part B.

Part A

Resources: Ch. 10 of Visualizing Environmental Science , Declining Fish Stock VLR, and

Appendix F

Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum]

View the Declining Fish Stock VLR located under the Week Six Materials section of your

aXcess page.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in APA format that includes the following:

A brief description of the water resource problem in the video and how it originated.

A management and sustainment plan that you think will benefit both sides of the issue.

How your plan will be viewed, both negatively and positively, by the environmentalists and the fishermen.

Other problems, besides declining fish stock, that result from fishermens techniques for catching fish.

How your plan affects the community. Consider issues relating to jobs, resources, and lifestyles. Explain your answers.

Use Appendix F as a guide when developing your sustainment plan.

Include a minimum of two outside references.

Format your paper according to APA guidelines.

Post your paper as an attachment.

Part B

Resources: Ch.11 (p. 275) Figure 11.12 of Visualizing Environmental Science and

Appendix F

Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum]

Review Ch. 11, p. 275, Figure 11.12 and choose one of the ocean water resource issues pictured. Or, choose a freshwater resource issue from the following list:

Flooding

Aquifer Depletion

Overdrawing surface water

Saltwater intrusion and salinization

Water Pollution

Eutrophication

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in APA format that includes the following:

A brief description of your selected water resource issue and how it originated.

A management and sustainment plan that you think will alleviate the problem.

Any opposing views of the issue.

Other water or land resource problems that might result from your issue; for example, nonpoint source pollution contributes to eutrophication in freshwater resources or the destruction of coastal estuaries impacts marine life and ocean resources. Explain your answers.

Any challenges, limitations, or implications of your plan.

How your plan affects the community. Consider issues relating to jobs, resources, and lifestyles. Explain your answers.

Use Appendix F as a guide when developing your sustainment plan. Include a minimum of two outside references.

Format your paper according to APA guidelines.