AQA GCSE Geography · 8035
Specification 3.2.3.3 · Paper 2
Revise: Global Water Distribution, Consumption and InsecurityOver-abstraction occurs when people remove water faster than it is replaced. For example, pumping groundwater for irrigation can lower underground stores if recharge cannot keep pace. This reduces the supply available for future use and for other users.
- Revise: Large-Scale Management: Strategies and Water Transfer
Taking water from a river or underground store faster than it can be replenished.