Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Thursday 12 June 2025 – Morning
GCSE (9–1) Geography B
(Geography for Enquiring Minds)
J384/03 Geographical Exploration
Resource Booklet
*1388169702*
Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS
• Do not send this Resource Booklet for marking. Keep it in the centre or recycle it.
INFORMATION
• This document has 12 pages.
OCR OXFORD CAMBRIDGE AND RSA GCSE GEOGRAPHY B
(GEOGRAPHY FOE ENQUIRING MINDS) J348/03: GEOGRAPHY
EXPLORATION QUESTIONS JUNE 2025
© OCR 2025 [601/8224/6] OCR is an exempt Charity
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Fig. 1
Pipes in Southern Water hosepipe ban areas leak nearly 100 million litres of water daily.
Millions of litres of water are lost by each water company in the UK every day due to leaking pipes. In
2020/21, an average of 98.5 million litres of water was lost each day from pipes in Southern Water’s
network. Within this, 25.4 million litres came from Portsmouth Water’s network.
In addition, due to low rainfall in the first 6 months of the year, a hosepipe ban was introduced by
Southern Water in August 2022 and soon after a drought was declared. Residents complained that if
the network did not have leaking water pipes, there would be no need for the ongoing hosepipe ban.
Water leaks are a problem, water companies like Southern Water need to do all they can to reduce
the amount of water which is wasted through leakage. After the ban was imposed, the usage for the
average customer dropped by 40 litres a day. Southern Water also encouraged people to ‘gently
remind’ their neighbours of the restrictions if they saw them breaching the hosepipe ban.
Southern Water Operations Map
Water supply and wastewater Designated bathing waters
treatment areas
Wastewater treatment areas only Reservoirs
Water supply only areas
© OCR 2025 J384/03/RB Jun25
for more: tyrionpapers.com
Thursday 12 June 2025 – Morning
GCSE (9–1) Geography B
(Geography for Enquiring Minds)
J384/03 Geographical Exploration
Resource Booklet
*1388169702*
Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS
• Do not send this Resource Booklet for marking. Keep it in the centre or recycle it.
INFORMATION
• This document has 12 pages.
OCR OXFORD CAMBRIDGE AND RSA GCSE GEOGRAPHY B
(GEOGRAPHY FOE ENQUIRING MINDS) J348/03: GEOGRAPHY
EXPLORATION QUESTIONS JUNE 2025
© OCR 2025 [601/8224/6] OCR is an exempt Charity
DC (ST/JG) 334326/9 Turn over
for more: tyrionpapers.com
, 2
Fig. 1
Pipes in Southern Water hosepipe ban areas leak nearly 100 million litres of water daily.
Millions of litres of water are lost by each water company in the UK every day due to leaking pipes. In
2020/21, an average of 98.5 million litres of water was lost each day from pipes in Southern Water’s
network. Within this, 25.4 million litres came from Portsmouth Water’s network.
In addition, due to low rainfall in the first 6 months of the year, a hosepipe ban was introduced by
Southern Water in August 2022 and soon after a drought was declared. Residents complained that if
the network did not have leaking water pipes, there would be no need for the ongoing hosepipe ban.
Water leaks are a problem, water companies like Southern Water need to do all they can to reduce
the amount of water which is wasted through leakage. After the ban was imposed, the usage for the
average customer dropped by 40 litres a day. Southern Water also encouraged people to ‘gently
remind’ their neighbours of the restrictions if they saw them breaching the hosepipe ban.
Southern Water Operations Map
Water supply and wastewater Designated bathing waters
treatment areas
Wastewater treatment areas only Reservoirs
Water supply only areas
© OCR 2025 J384/03/RB Jun25
for more: tyrionpapers.com
