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

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

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

4 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)

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

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

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

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

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

10 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)

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

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

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

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

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

16 Cunningham - Cunningham - Saigo: Environmental Science 7 th Ed. Perrier/Nestle in the Midwest WisconsinMichigan Mecan Springs (Waushara Co.) 1999-2000; Big Spring (Adams Co.), 2000-2002 Protection of rural supplies from high- capacity wells

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

25 Cunningham - Cunningham - Saigo: Environmental Science 7 th Ed. Websites Water resources http://www.worldwater.org/ http://www.groundwater.com/ Privatization of water www.canadians.org/blueplanet http://www.citizen.org/cmep/Water/ Bottled water www.saveamericaswater.com www.savemiwater.org www.waterissweet.org www.saveourspringsinc.org Water Wars (books) www.southendpress.org/books/waterwars.shtml www.mapcruzin.com/rev_resource_wars.htm


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