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“Water Facts” (2 mins. 54 secs.) · 2013-01-10 · Water Stress Water Stress occurs when there...
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“Water Facts” (2 mins. 54 secs.)
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Water Scarcity
Physical This occurs when there is not enough water to meet our needs
Arid regions are generally associated with physical water scarcity
Economic This occurs when there is a lack of investment in water, or a lack of human capacity to keep up with growing water demand: access to water becomes limited.
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Water Stress
Water Stress occurs when there is water scarcity. Water stress may manifest itself as conflict over water resources, over-abstraction, poor health and disease.
Overall, we can talk of , which describes how reliable and secure access to water is over time. N.B. Water security does not equate to a constant quantity of supply as much as predictability, which enables measures to be taken in times of scarcity to avoid stress.
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Usable water
Distribution of this remaining 0.003 % of usable water is extremely unbalanced in the world: North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia are very short of water.
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Water Resources Territory size shows the proportion of all worldwide freshwater resources found there.
Water Use Territory size shows the proportion of worldwide water use occurring there
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Water Depletion
Territory size shows the proportion of all water used that is more than 10% of the renewable internal freshwater resources of that territory.
Source: Worldmapper’s “Know H2O” site: http://www.knowh2o.org/learn/water-maps.php
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The world is far from water secure…
Today 1/3 of the world’s population lives in water-stressed countries. It is predicted that this will rise to 2/3 of the population by 2025.
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Population growth
• From 6.8 billion today, to 8 billion by 2025, and 9 billion by 2050
• But it’s not just the overall increase – it’s where the increases will occur that further threatens water security…
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The world will need to produce 70% more food by 2050. This increased agricultural production will have to occur largely on existing agricultural land. Hence the need for sustainable intensification of agricultural production, without causing harm to land or water resources.
Agriculture
Need for more irrigated agriculture. Whilst less dependent on erratic rainfall, irrigation further depletes water resources. Ironically, using more water for agriculture has already had negative effects on health and the environment in water scarce locations, and livelihoods have been compromised…
Between production, and the loss of ecological and socio-economic services
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Groundwater resources (From A. McDonald, BGS)
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Climate Change
Water is at the heart of the changing climate
• Mean precipitation to increase in tropics and high latitudes, and decrease in the sub-tropics and low latitudes; • Precipitation to become more variable, both spatially and temporally; •Increased runoff in East Africa, India, China, but reduced runoff in Mediterranean, North Africa • Glacial melt will increase water supply in short term, but significantly reduce supply and alter river flow regimes in the long term (e.g. northern India, China, Andes region).
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Water wars -Reality or hype?
V’s
Is water really the new oil?
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Competing needs - food and agriculture
We all need 2-5 litres of water a day in food or drink
Our diets vary and along with that – water consumption
900 litres
15,500 litres
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Competing needs - water and land
grabs
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Competing needs- energy and industry
60%
10%
Industry uses about 22% of world water resources & demand is growing rapidly
Energy Water
Nexus Critical and mutually dependent resources
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So, is water the new oil?
• It is not the same sort of resource
• Water unlikely to be sole cause of conflict
• But does contribute to conflicts e.g. South Sudan and Darfur
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Tackling water scarcity will require:
• sustainable use of groundwater and better understanding of aquifers • improved surface irrigation • more water efficient industrial processes • better management of water supply and distribution systems • improving performance of existing water sources • desalination of sea water
Political will and commitment to engage across all sectors
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The evidence…
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Millennium Development Goal 7, Target 10
Halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation
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“Make Life Flow”
Video clip What did you see in terms of access to safe and sustainable WASH bringing relief from poverty?
Educational opportunity
Health Increased leisure time Environmental
benefits
Reduced conflict
Improved community cohesion
Gender equality
Income & livelihood opportunities
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What consumers want, and why (From R. Carter, WaterAid):
• ready access: convenience, time and energy saving • adequate quantity: for domestic and productive uses • adequate quality: for aesthetic reasons, health • acceptable reliability: convenience and time saving • at a price they can afford: poverty, valuation of water • without an unrealistic management burden: convenience
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In addition, Tearfund wants to ensure:
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Hardware is robust and fit for purpose:
reliable, safe and functionally sustainable
Safe disposal of
waste (esp. faeces) Safe water quality
Minimum of “down-time” Can be maintained and
repaired through
local or beneficiary
capacity
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The role of the church in supporting WASH