Water Shortage! How Would You Handle This Water Crisis?- JIG SAW

Water Shortage! How Would You Handle This Water Crisis?- JIG SAW

<p>Water Shortage! How would you handle this water crisis?- JIG SAW GROUP MEMBERS</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>You are the city council of a city and you've got a water crisis in your city. Because of the growing population, demand for more water, and the ongoing drought, you're running out of water! The City Council must decide how you will solve this problem. You want to do what's best for your community but also want to get re-elected! There are only two things you can do to solve the water shortage: 1. increase the supply of water AND/OR 2. decrease the demand for water. Pass out the forms to your group members. Each Council member will research one way to solve the problem. USE THE DROPDOWN ARROW TO CHOOSE: SOUTH DAKOTA Click on the Ups and Downs icon to see good and bad points about your solution. Fill in the pros and cons of this choice. Report back to your group about what you have learned. Your group should discussion why you think some measures would work and some wouldn't. The discussion will get more complicated than you think! MANDATORY RESTRICTIONS ON WATER USE</p><p>UPSIDE</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>DOWNSIDE</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______Finding new supplies of water</p><p>To increase the water supply you could:</p><p>1. ______</p><p>2. ______</p><p>3. ______</p><p>4. ______UPSIDE</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>DOWNSIDE</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>Raise the price of water UPSIDE</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______DOWNSIDE</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______Cut back/stop new development UPSIDE</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>DOWNSIDE</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______Encourage water conservation UPSIDE</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______DOWNSIDE</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>Buy water from another source</p><p>UPSIDE</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______DOWNSIDE</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______You have heard the City Council discussion. What do YOU think? What measures would YOU use to handle your water crisis? Select an answer from 4 to 1 stars: FILL IN YOUR CHOICES ON THE WEBSITE AND BELOW. CLICK ON SUBMIT YOUR ANSWERS ON THE WEBSITE</p><p>FILL IN THE AVERAGE RESPONSES FROM OTHERS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THIS ACTIVITY</p><p>Number of Restrict Find new Raise the cost Restrict Water Buy water answers water use water supplies of water development conservation from another place</p><p>SOUTH DAKOTA LOOK AT THE CHOICES YOU PICKED ABOVE,EXPLAIN YOUR LOWEST and HIGHEST SCORE LOWEST CHOICE </p><p>______</p><p>HIGHEST CHOICE </p><p>______</p>

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