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Water Cycle Enquiry 3 Case Studies

Physical and economic scarcity, California insecurity, Aral Sea Kazakhstan, Dubai aquifer abstraction, The Nile and Jordan River conflicts, water management inc. SNWTP, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Colorado River
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Physical scarcity
South-east australia
Economic scarcity
Sub-Saharan Africa
California lake + capacity + year
Shasta lake, 31%, 2022
No. warmest years after 2000
11 of 20
2020 wildfire
1 milllion acres
Aral Sea 1960
4th largest inland lake
Aral Sea 1960
60000km3
Aral Sea shrank by 2010
90%
Causes
Over abstraction
Causes
Cotton and rice irrigation
Causes
Pollution
Causes
July evaporation
Causes
HEP
Dubai aquifer
Arabian
Depleted in
1980s
Causes
Agricultural independance
Effects
1/3 farms in abu dhabi abandoned
Management
Desalination
Management
Rain making with silver iodide
WATER CONFLICTS SAY YAY
YAY
The Nile countries
11 north east african
The Nile full rights (2)
Egypt, Sudan
The Nile agreement year
1959
The Nile population + year
300 million, 2017
Conflicts
Direct abstraction
Conflicts
Dams
The Nile HEP project
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Concerns
Evaporation losses
Jordan river countries
5 middle eastern
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Arab League plan + year
Headwater Diversion Plan, 1964
Israel supply reduction
11%
Israel: "____"
Infingement of sovereign rights
Reaction + year
Air strikes, 1967
War
6 day war with Syria
SNWTP cost + area
79 billion, central and eastern
Transfers m3
45 billion
From ___ to ____
Yangtze, Yellow
Number of cities
20
Number of people
100
Singapore factors
Few natural sources
Singapore factors
High living standards
Singapore factors
High per capita consumption
Population
6 million
Water consumption /day
400 million
Management
Saving water
Management
Recycling
Management
Desalination
Management
Marina Barrage
% from recycling
40
% from desalination
40
Water saving methods
Campaigns
Water saving methods
Scaled pricing
Water saving results
Fallen 15L/day since 2003
Colorado river people
40 million
Colorado river states
7
Colorado river plan year
2007
Colorado river allocation
Based on deficit
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