GGH1503 SUMMARY NOTES CHAPTER 13

Water Resources

Chapter 13

,Core Case Study: Water Conflicts in the
Middle East: A Preview of the Future

 Water shortages in the Middle East:
hydrological poverty

 Nile River

 Jordan Basin

 Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

 Peacefully solving the problems

,13-1 Will We Have Enough Usable Water?
 Concept 13-1A We are using available
freshwater unsustainably by wasting it, polluting
it, and charging too little for this irreplaceable
natural resource.

 Concept 13-1B One of every six people does
not have sufficient access to clean water, and
this situation will almost certainly get worse.

, Freshwater Is an Irreplaceable Resource
That We Are Managing Poorly (1)

 Why is water so important?

 Earth as a watery world: 71%

 Freshwater availability: 0.024%

 Poorly managed resource

 Hydrologic cycle

 Water pollution