EQ3

Question 1

Ganges

Answer 1

1 billion gallons of untreated sewage dumped daily
no enforcement of standards
10s of thousands discplaced during da, building
rhajisthan, chlorosis, water table falling 1m per year

Question 2

bolivia

Answer 2

SA poorest country
to receive loans from WB, agreed to privatise water
protests lead to withdrawl of investors
marganalised comms no access
aguas de illmani
water companies have annual profits of $300bn

Question 3

average cost of water in uK

Answer 3

0.1p per litre tap water

Question 4

colorado basin

Answer 4

7 states
1922
upper and lower basin
less than 10% of original wetlands remain
arizona didnt sign until 1944, mexico included
no native rights
only controls quantity, mexico claimed it was unusable due to salinity

Question 5

nile basin

Answer 5

10 countries
160mil dependent for livelyhoods
in 25 years regions pop predicted to double
agreement made at end of british rule, 1929, gave egypt and ethiopia 100% claims, validity contested
water fueled interdependence
NBI
1999
create new framework including stakeholders beyond govs

Question 6

ethiopia

Answer 6

Omo river
2009
dam building upstream
gov denies flow will be impacted, suggests flooding reduced
mursi people reliant on annual flood and recession

Question 7

water poverty index

Answer 7

uk, high capacity, infrastructure available to manage and distribute
haiti, ow use, subsistence rather than economic
US, highest environmental

Question 8

Aral Sea

Answer 8

shrinking since 60’s
soviets diverted water to cotton irrigation projects
in 2007, 10% of its original size
fishing industry destroyed, unemployment, plooution, illness
world bank funded a dam in north, 40km of growth
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