5. Water Management CS

What % of earth’s water is freshwater

2.5%

___has____ x more water resources per capita than ___

Canada has 10,000 x more water resources per capita than Kuwait

Water used for a coffee, t-shirt, jeans, quarter pounder hamburger

Coffee: 130L

T-shirt: 2500l

Jeans: 7000L

Quarter Pounder Hamburger: 1650L

What % of water is lost to leaky pipes in UK and

UK: 20% is lost

Bulgaria: 60% is lost

What % of Egypt’s water supply if from Nile

90%

Name two aquifers

Great Artesian Basin - Australia

Nubian Sandstone Aquifer - Libya

Afforestation project across Africa

Great Green Wall from Senegal to Djibouti

Will restore damaged land, prevent desertification

Pulp mill example

Paso de Los Toros in Uruguay is a pulp mill

Over-abstraction led to Montevideo having no water

Details of UN SDG_ relating to water management

UN SDG6

• Everyone has right to safe, and affordable water

  • Less than 3% of household income

  • Water source should be within 1mile of home

  • Collection time should be less than 30mins

  • 50-100l of water available for day

Indian river through Delhi how much sewage

Yamuna river which runs through Delhi has 200 million litres of sewage pumped into it every day

How many people worldwide still do open defecation

1 billion

Where is fog harvesting done?

Atlas mountains in Morocco

J Clarkson efficient farm in Rotterdam

• Make building materials out of manure

• Use manure for desalination

• Use waste, stale bread, and football pitch trimmings as cow feed

• Powered by solar panels

• Floating on water so not affected by sea level rise

What happened when Ireland introduced water prices

In 2013

• Protests by over 100,000 people

• Water charges suspended 3 years later

Celebrity water management campaign

Steve Carrel in LA drought Save The Drop Campaign

How many total water conflicts have there been

926 water conflicts

Saltwater intrusion

Mekong delta

Salt front moves further inland

340million USD in losses

GERD advantages and countries

• 5000MW energy output - doubles Ethiopia energy production

• Runs through Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt

GERD disadvantages

• Talks between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia not working - Sudan Civil war

• 5 billion dollar cost

• Egypt water insecurity

Bangladesh pollution

Groundwater contaminated with arsenic

Ground Subsidence

In Jakarata, Indonesia - having to move their capital city to Borneo