Understanding Our Environment

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WATER WARS
12 of population uses 85 of water
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Price Mechanisms

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

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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)
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Water multinationals (French British)
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Public/private water in EU countries(French
British mainly private)
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Public and private prices in France
(Private more expensive)
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Water War in Bolivia
Cochabamba residents protesting Bechtel
privatization of municipal water system, 1999
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Alternative Debrecen, Hungary

• Preferred public to private
• Cheaper
• Financial comparison

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Safety of municipal water supplies
Australia, 1998 (privatized system)
Wisconsin, 1993
Ontario, 2000 (govt had dropped e-coli testing)
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Bottled water costs more than oil
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Bottled water quality in question
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Bottled water growth
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Water Privatization
Woodstock Riot 1999
Fewer bubblers in public buildings?
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Perrier/Nestle in the U.S.
Texas
Florida
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Perrier/Nestle in the Midwest
Wisconsin
Michigan
Mecan Springs (Waushara Co.) 1999-2000 Big
Spring (Adams Co.), 2000-2002
Protection of rural supplies from high- capacity
wells
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New Geography of Conflict

• Possible flashpoint for resource conflict
• Water systems aquifers
• Jordan
• Nile
• Tigris Euphrates
• Amu Darya
• Indus
• Mountain Aquifer (West Bank/Israel)

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Middle East Water Conflicts
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Israeli- Palestinian Water Conflict
Israel uses 82 Of West Bank groundwater charges
Arabs 3x
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Israels boundary with Egypt and Gaza (Palestine)
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Dead Sea Shrinkage
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Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Turkey
Iraq
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International cooperation on water use
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Websites
Water resources http//www.worldwater.org/ http//
www.groundwater.com/ Privatization of
water www.canadians.org/blueplanet http//www.citi
zen.org/cmep/Water/ Bottled water www.saveamericas
water.com www.savemiwater.org www.waterissweet.org
www.saveourspringsinc.org Water Wars
(books) www.southendpress.org/books/waterwars.shtm
l www.mapcruzin.com/rev_resource_wars.htm