INTA 2XXX Lecture : Water Wars.docx
23 Apr 2013
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Agriculture uses 85% of water: leads to water overuse. Water allocation: between syria and iraq, the protocol of 1990. 1959 nile agreement between sudan and egypt for full utilization of nile waters: gave egypt permission to build a dam and allowed sudan to build some dams as well. Jordan river: granted jordan previously controlled israeli land and set water limits on both states. Key issues: turkey is home to the beginning of the tigris-euphrates draws as much water as it wants, turkey"s dream of building dams has dramatically decreased water flow into syria and. Iraq: anatolia project turkey, 2007 drought decreased water levels even more, underground pumping by iraq. Depletes the river and causes conflict: population growth. The middle east population will double in the next forty years. Nile: key actors: egypt, sudan, ethiopia, key issues. The un states that egypt could run out of water by 2025. Egypt gets most because of military power.
