Cunningham - Cunningham - Saigo: Environmental Science 7 th Ed. 12% of population uses 85% of water WATER WARS.

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Cunningham - Cunningham - Saigo: Environmental Science 7 th Ed. 12% of population uses 85% of water WATER WARS

Cunningham - Cunningham - Saigo: Environmental Science 7 th Ed.

Price Mechanisms Charging a higher proportion of real costs to users of public water projects has helped encourage conservation.  Yet discriminates against poor.

Cunningham - Cunningham - Saigo: Environmental Science 7 th Ed. Global water Industry Over $140 Billion a year The World Water and Wastewater Utilities Market is estimated at $142 billion US in 2000… (2000, $US)

Cunningham - Cunningham - Saigo: Environmental Science 7 th Ed. Water multinationals (French & British)

Cunningham - Cunningham - Saigo: Environmental Science 7 th Ed. Public/private water in EU countries (French & British mainly private)

Cunningham - Cunningham - Saigo: Environmental Science 7 th Ed. Public and private prices in France (Private more expensive)

Cunningham - Cunningham - Saigo: Environmental Science 7 th Ed. “Water War” in Bolivia Cochabamba residents protesting Bechtel privatization of municipal water system, 1999

Cunningham - Cunningham - Saigo: Environmental Science 7 th Ed. Alternative: Debrecen, Hungary Preferred public to private Cheaper Financial comparison

Cunningham - Cunningham - Saigo: Environmental Science 7 th Ed. Safety of municipal water supplies Wisconsin, 1993 Australia, 1998 (privatized system) Ontario, 2000 (gov’t had dropped e-coli testing)

Cunningham - Cunningham - Saigo: Environmental Science 7 th Ed. Bottled water costs more than oil

Cunningham - Cunningham - Saigo: Environmental Science 7 th Ed. Bottled water quality in question

Cunningham - Cunningham - Saigo: Environmental Science 7 th Ed. Bottled water growth

Cunningham - Cunningham - Saigo: Environmental Science 7 th Ed. WaterPrivatization Woodstock Riot 1999 Fewer bubblers in public buildings?

Cunningham - Cunningham - Saigo: Environmental Science 7 th Ed. Perrier/Nestle in the U.S. TexasFlorida

Cunningham - Cunningham - Saigo: Environmental Science 7 th Ed. Perrier/Nestle in the Midwest WisconsinMichigan Mecan Springs (Waushara Co.) ; Big Spring (Adams Co.), Protection of rural supplies from high- capacity wells

Cunningham - Cunningham - Saigo: Environmental Science 7 th Ed.

‘New Geography of Conflict’ “Possible flashpoint for resource conflict” Water systems & aquifers Jordan Nile Tigris – Euphrates Amu Darya Indus Mountain Aquifer (West Bank/Israel)”

Cunningham - Cunningham - Saigo: Environmental Science 7 th Ed. Middle East Water Conflicts

Cunningham - Cunningham - Saigo: Environmental Science 7 th Ed. Israeli- Palestinian Water Conflict Israel uses 82% Of West Bank groundwater; charges Arabs 3x

Cunningham - Cunningham - Saigo: Environmental Science 7 th Ed. Israel’s boundary with Egypt and Gaza (Palestine)

Cunningham - Cunningham - Saigo: Environmental Science 7 th Ed. Dead Sea Shrinkage

Cunningham - Cunningham - Saigo: Environmental Science 7 th Ed. Tigris and Euphrates rivers Turkey Iraq

Cunningham - Cunningham - Saigo: Environmental Science 7 th Ed. International cooperation on water use

Cunningham - Cunningham - Saigo: Environmental Science 7 th Ed. Websites Water resources Privatization of water Bottled water Water Wars (books)