readings

Question 1

Richter & ASU

Answer 1

human consequences of dams 
(ASU)
Avoid building in wrong places
Specify more in dam designs
Uncertainty is inevitable

Question 2

Prudham

Answer 2

Neoliberalism and Walkerton, ON

Question 3

Budds

Answer 3

Privatization missing the point?

Question 4

Ongley

Answer 4

WQM management, finance and sustainabilty
4 main components of sustainabilty (PTIF)
Policy
Technical
Institutional
Financial

Question 5

Wolf

Answer 5

Managing water conflict and cooperation

“water is a tool for peace”

Question 6

how many dams in 1950 vs. 2000

Answer 6

5,000 = 1950
45,000 = 2000
(richter)

Question 7

consequences of dams according to richter

Answer 7

downstream nations/ecosystems are fucked
multi-generational effect
changes landscape
(richter)

Question 8

link between Richter and Budds reading

Answer 8

*Financial benefits (from dams and privatization) always go to urban centers that are already well-off

Question 9

link between Budds and Ongley reading

Answer 9

• Debate between priv+pub AND alternative solutions are not used because they dont fit into “conventional approaches”
• action based on political trends/opinions INSTEAD of actual experience and historical evidence

Question 10

Neoliberalism

Answer 10

“builds organized responsibility” into regulatory system
“thin policies and hard outcomes”
“walkerton was a normal accident” in current neoliberal system
(prudham)

Question 11

Walkerton “perfect storm”

Answer 11

lax operators + Karst + high risk regime + manure dumping allowed by regulation = perfect storm for groundwater contamination risk
(prudham)

Question 12

When is water conflict most likely?

Answer 12

-when disagreements occur over allocation
-when communities share a water source
-if rapid change occurs and gov’t cannot react with resilience
-scarcity+fear
(wolf)

Question 13

ways water conflict can be reduced

Answer 13

-joint negtiations
-treaties
-consulting ALL Stakeholders before any action taken
(wolf)

Question 14

why is privatization missing the point?

Answer 14

-it has never achieved scale/benefits that it anticipated
-all cases we studied have ended up in failure of privatization
-no justification to promote privatization over public service on the ground that it will improve WQ or sanitation
(budds)

Question 15

examples of failure of policy

Answer 15

-many data programs exist BUT they have no clear objectives and no defined data users
-alternatives could be affective but are not used b/c they dont fit into “conventional approaches”
(ongley)

Question 16

growing concerns with WQ shows….

Answer 16

gap between NEEDS and ABILITIES

ongley

Question 17

in developing countries, poor financial resources are usually tied to….

Answer 17

UNSTABLE Institutions
LIMITED technical solutions
(ongley)