EARTHSC 2WW3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Water Conflict, Bottled Water, Indus Waters Treaty
25 Dec 2015
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Movie title: the future of water - the waterlords. Which countries are involved in water conflicts (both internal and. Bottled water is a billion dollar industry. Can import from lesotho poor nation, but they have lots of water (called the water tower of africa) Legislation to build dams in lesotho from the south. African government; people didn"t like this (the people of lesotho) Riots broke out in lesotho, in part because of the agreement with south africa; selling water to them cheaply: can become more common to see countries that are water- rich sell their water. More and more internal conflicts within countries. Nearly 90% of the nile"s water is originated here. Lots of hydropower potential, but not yet exploited. Most important part of the blue nile . Ethiopia is currently building africa"s highest dam, with china"s help. Dam is being a dam on a cliff will hold a huge amount of water.
