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Water supply and social well-being
Suggest how poor water supply may affect social well-being.
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Marking points
- 1 Links poor water supply to a human/social effect.
- 2 Develops the effect into social well-being, health, education or quality-of-life consequences.
- 3 Adds a further valid consequence or development.
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Poor water supply can mean people have to drink unsafe water, causing diseases such as cholera. This reduces social well-being because illness and death harm quality of life. If water is far away, children may spend time collecting it instead of attending school.
Why this answer loses marks
Explains that people become less sociable.
Social well-being here means health, education, daily life, and quality of life.