1. LO: To understand the consequences and risks associated with water insecurity.
Why are there people suffering around the world?

2. 1 million people are still without access to clean water around the world. Many of these people line in 30 or so developing countries where the root cause is poverty; others live in areas of physical scarcity where only technology and capital investment can overcome the shortage or unreliability of supply.
The problem of water insecurity is therefore related to three major factors
Availability - having not only a water supply but a water distribution network.
Access - freedom to use, or income to buy, water in a particular location.
Useage - entitlement to, and understanding of water use and health issues.

3. Water poverty
In 2002, the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology published the first water poverty index (WPI). It is an assessment of the degree of water shortage and the subsequent water insecurity problems. Scores can generally be correlated with GNP per capita, with Canada having the highest score of 78 and Ethiopia
Put WPI for USA in and print for students

4. Homework 1
Use the following water poverty index data to produce your own radar graph ( all data should be on one graph).
Describe the variations in the WPI for these countries t different levels of development.
Suggest physical and human reasons for the WPI variations shown

5. What is this map showing?
Global water scarcity
What is this map showing?
Annotate your map to show the reasons for their type/level of water scarcity. Don’t forget the water secure areas too.
Challenge: Explain the reasons why they face that level of scarcity. Think about physical/economic. Can you give specific examples?
Add in map of water scarcity. Print for students

6. Water price
It is actually very complex. The price of water is determined by different factors
The physical cost of obtaining the supply
The degree of demand for the water
Infrastructure
Who supplies the water
Make notes on how the price of water is determined from the information given.
Add in figure 3.9 scan page and make cards

8. Water price

9. Privatisation of water
Neo Liberal view 1970s and 1980s - Water should be privatised and people should pay for what it cost to capture, treat and provide it. With privatisation there is a view that profit could and should be made.
The World Bank in tandem with with the IMF developed Structural Adjustment Programmes which claimed it would help developing countries to overcome debt issues. As part of this the privatisation of utilities, including water was seen as essential.
If conditions were tough especially physically what would happen to the price of the water?

10. Privatisation of water - Bolivia
Watch the clip. Make notes on the following:
What was Bolivia like and why did privatisation of many services and utilities occur?
Who privatised the water in Bolivia?
What impact did the privatisation have on the people of Bolivia?
What happened as a result of the privatisation, how did the people react?

11. What was Bolivia like and why did privatisation of many services and utilities occur?
Who privatised the water in Bolivia?
What impact did the privatisation have on the people of Bolivia?
What happened as a result of the privatisation, how did the people react?

12. Read the document.
Annotate the document to show: players (P), actions and attitudes (A), futures and uncertainties (F).
Highlight sparingly to pick out key points.

13. This is an hour long documentary
This is an hour long documentary. Watch it in your own time and take note of the synoptic links.

14. Water supply and human well being
There is a major link between water supply and human well being.
Using pages make notes on how water supply can affect human well being. Those aiming high should add their own research to their notes – there are many newspaper articles about this issue.

15. Complete the following exam question
Homework 2

16. Water and economic development
Water plays a major role in the economic development of a nation.
Agricultural
Irrigation, Green revolution, dietary revolution,
Industry
Heavy industry, rapid industrialisation, Biofuels
Use pages to make notes on the issues relating to water and economic development. Make use of the key terms that are above, you need to cover these factors.
Work in pairs: one do agriculture and one do industry (10 mins). Then shut your books. You have five mins each to teach your partner – who should make notes on your teaching.

17. Agriculture
Industry

18. The Aral sea - an example of using water to economically develop with catastrophic consequences.

19. The Aral sea - an example of using water to economically develop with catastrophic consequences.

20. The Aral sea - an example of using water to economically develop with catastrophic consequences.
Homework 3
Watch the clip, read the Geo factsheet on the Aral Sea and carry out own research
Write notes under each of the following headings.
What has led to the shrinking of the Aral Sea?
What were the environmental effects caused by the shrinking of the sea?
What economic problems were caused by the shrinking of the sea?
Complete the conflict matrix to show the views of different stakeholders. Choose three different pairs that disagree with each other and explain why they disagree with each other.