Water conflict:

1. Water conflict: World water hotspots

2. Ogallala aquifer (wikipedia) Can you find answers to these? • What is an aquifer? (simple English or a picture) • How large is the Ogallala aquifer (in terms of amount of water it stores)? • How much has the aquifer store been reduced by? • What has caused it to decrease? • Was a nuclear power plant allowed to be built near the aquifer? Why or why not? • Was an oil pipeline? Why or why not? • What can be done to conserve the water in this area more successfully? • What is the Ogallala aquifer named today?

3. Mexico City http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1890623,00.html Read the Time article. Summarise the main issues facing Mexico City town planners. Approximately 200 words

4. Lake Chad http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6261447.stm http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/chad_57642.html Why are the fishermen around Lake Chad packing up their nets? One paragraph

5. The River Nile • Find a map showing the countries the River Nile flows through. • Mark on the source of the Nile. • Mark on its mouth. • Label the Nile delta. Write one sentence to say what a delta is. • What direction does the River Nile flow? S to N or N to S? • What are the countries upstream that want to extract water from The Nile? • Find the total annual rainfall for Egypt. Find the average July temperature. • How does Egypt’s climate help to explain why the Nile is so important to Egypt? • What other freshwater sources does Egypt have?

6. China http://www.water-technology.net/projects/south_north/ http://www.renewbl.com/2010/10/26/three-gorges-dam-reaches-maximum-capacity-for-the-first-time-ever.html Annotate a map of China with rivers marked on (add sentences around the outside) to show that the north suffers drought whilst the south suffers floods. Label the Yangtze River. Mark on where the Three Gorges dam has been built. The dam was a multi-purpose scheme. What were its main purposes? What are the 3 main uses of water in the north? How do planners in China aim to solve the problem of water scarcity in the north?

7. River Ganges On the next slide: Create a collage photos to show: • The source of the Ganges • The mouth of the Ganges • A simple map showing where it flows • Three pictures showing three main sources of pollution • Label each photo so you know what it is • A sentence saying what the G. A. P. is and what type of pollution it is aimed at • A sentence saying how this type of pollution is being reduced

8. Spain: water shortage Desalinationis a process that… A desalination plant look like this: Three reasons Spain needs desalination plants are: Two other countries that needs desalination plants are:

9. Southern Australia Add these labels to the correct part of the diagram using arrows and text boxes:

10. Iraq • Create a hyperlink to a webpage that tells you about the Marsh Arabs and how their lifestyle has been under threat. • Add a photo to this page to show how they live

11. Challenge:if time - Israel http://www.ifamericansknew.org/cur_sit/water.html Use this and other websites to see if you can work out what is happening in this area of the world. How much water do people in these two countries get each? Who gets the water from the River Jordan? Why is there conflict over water in Israel and Palestine? Be aware that the website given may be biased.