Resource Management

Question 1

Oil extraction in Ecuador?

Answer 1

Texaco discovers oil
18 billion gallons of toxic water dumped into rivers
more birth defects and miscarrages

Question 2

Deforestation in Cameroon?

Answer 2

70k hecatares cleared for palm oil

Question 3

How much water avaiable for humans?

Answer 3

1%

Question 4

Water supply imbalance in the Uk?

Answer 4

ageing infrastrucutre
supply and demand is not balanced
seasonal imbalance

Question 5

Water supply problems in emerging/developing countries?

Answer 5

-untreated water
-pollution
-low annual rainfall

Question 6

Attitudes in Vegas?
ind

Answer 6

individuals- some are changing/ grass with rocky soils/ planting dessert plants

Question 7

attitudes in Vegas?
org

Answer 7

casinos- sustainable practices like recycling waste water

Question 8

attirudes in Vegas?
gov

Answer 8

-paying residents to pull up lawns and replace them with desert gardens
-banning new houses from having grass in their front garden

Question 9

Pros of desalination?

Answer 9

-plentiful supply
-no uncontrollable factors
-lessens demand on grounwater

Question 10

cons of desalination?

Answer 10

-high maintenance- equipment constantly needs cleaning
-fish killed
-expensive

Question 11

Individual reactions to drought?

Answer 11

reducing personal consumption levels
low flush toilets/ 1/3 less water
aerators

Question 12

organisation reactions?

Answer 12

‘toilet to tap’- wastewater reused in fountains/golf courses/lake mead
giant washing machines 75% less water in hotels

Question 13

gov reactions?

Answer 13

3 million paying to residents
50% lawn
‘water cops’ fine 80dollars
illegal to water gardens in the summer from 11am-7pm
pipe/300,000 homes