本题目来源于试卷: Freshwater Resources，类别为 IB环境系统与社会
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Year Tap water Groundwater Surface water
$per million m^3$ $per million m^3$ $per million m^3$
2005 4.7 767.6 1003.3
2010 6.2 762.8 1025.5
2015 3.7 768.3 999.0
2020* 7.0 843.0 1213.3
Water can be accessed in different ways. Most households in The Netherlands get their water from taps. Many farms and factories, however, either get their water from a borehole which extracts water out of the ground (groundwater) or directly from a river or stream (surface water).
Determine which statement about water extraction in The Netherlands is correct.
A. Groundwater extraction is stable at around 760 million cubic meters.
B. Tap water use shows a steadily increasing trend.
C. Households use the most water.
D. Water use was expected to increase across the board in 2020.
参考答案: D
本题详细解析:
Groundwater extraction was stable from x 1tmy vde1l02ptuy612005 − 2015 but was expected to increase markedly in 2020.
Although the last year shows the highest rate of tap water use, overall tap water shows fluctuations. There is too little data to determine whether these data include outliers that may make it difficult to see a trend.
Households use very little water compared to industry and farming.xtem1y61vytu 2d lp 10 We know this because households use mostly tap water in The Netherlands.
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