"Blue gold: water wars" – Flashcards
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Those who fo without water for a week cries?
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Blood tears
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What's the "bottom line"
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People need water to survive
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What determines access to fresh water
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The water cycle
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What percentage of the earths water is salty
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97%
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What is the primary cause of water pollution
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Agriculture and industry
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The Malaysia government imposed the ______ for anyone polluting water.
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Death penalty
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Waste water returns to residents of Mexico City in the form of
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Food
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What happened to Atlantis?
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It collapsed into desert sand through groundwater
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__ billion gallons of water is pumped each day
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30
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Pumped water that returns back to the aquifer is called
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Recharge or returned flows
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Deforestation if a major contribute to
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Soil erosion
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Give an example of "hardscape"
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Parking lots, streets sidewalks
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What is the lifeblood of water system
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A river
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The ____ used privatization of water as a condition of need in third world countries
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World bank
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Water companies are accountable to their..
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Shareholders
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With privatization comes an increase in
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Water prices
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Who owns the water in africa
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Coke a cola
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Water costs more than ___ in Kenya
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.46
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Why is the cost of dasani bugger than of coke a cola
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Plastic vs glass bottles
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____ uses large anounts of fossil fuels, which contributes to the climate change problem
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Desalination
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The writing on the wall is that ___ is the hottest property of theirs
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Water
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A ___ suit acts as a deterrent to activism and people expressing their opinions
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Slap suit
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Why is the aral tea almost completely gone now
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Water was used to grow cotton in the desert
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How long will it take to turn lake naivasha, Kenya into an 'putrid puddle'
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5 years
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The export of Kenyas water comes in the form of
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Trade
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In Ghana, water comes through the taps once per week on an unknown schedule. Why?
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Because people leave the tab open unsure when water will run through cause air first comes through
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Why are developing countries unable to build an infrastructure for clean water delivery?
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Because they don't have the money
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If LA were seized to support itself using its own resources how many people could it sustain?
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3 million out of 18 million
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One of the bloodiest water wars being caught is happening over the river
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Kaveri
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Many ___ are fundamentally conflicts over resources
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Conflicts
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In Bolivia the collection of rainwater was
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Privatized
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What is one potential reason why the U.S. Established a military base in Paraguay
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They wanted water into Brazil
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The ___ is the worlds largest dam and is located on the Brazil/Paraguay border
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Itaipu
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Unlike a dam the water catchment traps water to go right into the
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Ground
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In the U.S. Issues surrounding ____ must be resolved
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Hydroponics
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what technology could save the planet in the next century?
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Hydroponics
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____ use the natural flow of rivers to generate electricity
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Micro turbines
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Who needs to become the water gardians or the 21st century
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Citizens
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What is the name of the watershed that provides water to our town
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Lost river cave
