water+and+environment

**WATER AND THE ENVIRONMENT** In 1999 the United Nations Environmental Program identified two very worrying problems facing the world – one was global warming and the other was water shortage. TASK 1 Water is not an unlimited source, there have been many cases where the intensive use of water resources have drained them completely causing great changes to the climate, environment and living conditions. Look at this [|slide show] and decide which of the causes illustrated could affect your country. ====Every day around the world, millions of gallons of water are used to irrigate crops. Here in Burkina Faso, machines 500 metres long are spraying vast fields of sugar cane.thanks a water. ==== thanks a water we have fruit and vegetables. This type of irrigation is lot used in our city.(ANTONIO DASSISTO;ROBERTA DEFAZIO;FEDERICA RIONDINO) toxic gases that for married water. public use too much water in sweden.

if we use the water for the fields to us does not remain us (DIAFERIO SALVATORE PIO)

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In our country not there are water problems like in Africa (ANDREA CRISTIANO,DISTASO SALVATORE)
In enough vast areas of the Earth the water or it is scarce or it is of low qualitative level.

       Approximately 3oo million Chinese drink contaminated water daily that includes heavy metals and toxins, such as arsenic. For example:  [|sök]    At the conference, they discussed on how to do with Africa's major untapped water resources. The unexploited water resource can be used to increase production of food and energy. Africa's population will double by 2050 and therefore the food production must be tripled. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: SV;"> [|sök] Joel H <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: SV;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: SV;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: SV; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> Africa's water get African States to cooperate <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: SV; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The water in Africa has over the years been a contributing factor to conflict, but nowadays it creates more and more cooperation about the water instead. States go together and solve their water problems together. Cooperation’s like this are very good because they also bring other positive effects like improved economy and agriculture. It is also considered a peaceproject. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: SV; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: SV; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Sara <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: SV; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: SV; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: SV; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: SV; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Bolivians save their own water <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: SV; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Bechtel is a huge American industry who consumes a lot of water. They tried to “own” Bolivias own watersources and sell the water to the Bolivians themselves for a lot of money every month. The people protested and made slogans like “Water is Gods gift and not a merchandise” and “Water is life” and by doing this they won and Bechtel had to give the water back to the people.
 * <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">The water in Egypt **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">97% of Egypt is desert. Because of this almost all of their inhabitants live by the shores of the Nile. It very seldom rains. The climate in Egypt leads to many environmental problems. The desert is spreading and the access to water is limited in the bigger part of the country. Only the Nile is a permanent source of fresh water. To that you can add that the water in Egypt is often polluted. These pollutions threaten the coral reefs, the animals and the beaches. This is a great challenge for Egypt who risks their biggest source of income, tourism, if they cannot solve this. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Sebastian **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Iraq **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In Iraq they have very little water. The water in Iraq is contaminated but the people there has to drink it anyway. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Celine **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Water in Afghanistan **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The situation in Afghanistan is very extreme. ****<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The children here suffer more than in any other country in the world from many different things. Many people in Afghanistan are poor and the lack from water and food causes malnutrition and diseases. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Jane, Zia, Jari **
 * The glaciers in Peru are melting **
 * The global warming is making the glaciers all over the world to melt. In parts of Peru both farmers and industries are dependent of woter from the glaciers. Without this water they would have to shut dowm and move with their entire family to the cities, where they will get problems to support themselves. In Peru they have 70 % of all the tropic glaciers in the world. These natural sources are extremely important because they **** release fresh water in a slow pace **** . During periods of the year they are the only source of fresh water in the area. ****<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: SV; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New';">To counter a disastrous water shortages over the coming decades, it is important to now find long-term, organic solutions, say the experts. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Andrea **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">300 millions of people in China is drinking contaminated water every day **
 * <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">1)A chemical factory exploded in northeast China on 1st November 2008 and a huge amount of benzene, a carcinogenic substance leaked into the river close by. **
 * <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">2) A lot of different industries contaminates the rivers. Approximately 70 % of Chinas rivers are contaminated today. **
 * <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">People are now working to improve the quality of the water and it has to be done fast before too many get ill from the water. This is a huge problem in China. **
 * <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">André **
 * <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Thousands of people are evacuated from the water in the States. In the American State North Dakota 3500 people has been evacuated because of a flood. Thousands of people are fighting to prevent the river Red River from flooding even more housings. **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: SV; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It is a sharp SPRING FLOOD in combination with precipitation that has received the river to rise to its highest level in over 100 years. This area is declared a disaster area by President Barack Obama.
 * <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Joachim och Valdemar **
 * Conference on Water for Africa's agriculture and energy **