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Students should be able to explain the various applications of freshwater, including its use in domestic, industrial, and agricultural contexts.

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Cambridge IGCSE Environmental ManagementWater and its management

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Students should be able to explain the various applications of freshwater, including its use in domestic, industrial, and agricultural contexts

  • This point belongs to Water usage, especially Water usage outcomes.
  • You need to be able to students should be able to explain the various applications of freshwater, including its use in domestic, industrial, and agricultural contexts.
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DescribeExplainIdentify

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Uses of Freshwater

Freshwater is essential for drinking, cooking, cleaning, industrial manufacturing, cooling machinery, and agricultural irrigation and livestock watering.

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    Explain Explain three different uses of freshwater.

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