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name five countries which have current and projected water shortage conditions
india, china, pakistan, egypt, iran, mexico
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state the number of people currently fed with grain produced by using unsustainable water?
(480 million) (6 billion ppl)= 8% of pop
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state the proportion of the world's water use which is used for irrigation, industry and
residential.
10% residential , 70 irrigation, 20 industry
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compare the profit realized by the use of 1000 tons of water for agriculture compared to the
same amount of water used by industry.
$200 porfit in agricultural= 10,000$ industrial
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describe how the consumption of livestock for food changes the amount of water required per
person as compared to the consumption of grain.
4 times more grain, 4 times more water
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describe how importing food can be compared to importing water
- 1 ton of grain= 1,00 tons
- ex. 7million of wheat= 7 billion tons of water
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describe four solutions proposed in this paper for the current unsustainable water use situation.
- 1. Eliminated of water subsides
- 2. raise the price of water to reflect its cost
- 3. stablize pop
- 4. raise water producitivy
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