middle east water crisis. what countries are made up of desert?
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Middle East Water Crisis
What countries are made up of desert?
Take a minute to look at the precipitation map below. Be
able to answer the FOUR questions to the right.
1. How many inches of rainfall does the majority of the Middle East receive?
2. What is the highest amount of rainfall in inches on the map?
3. What countries receive the most rainfall?
4. According to the precipitation map, the majority of the land is best suited for what activities?
Countries in Crisis
• Yemen
• Saudi Arabia
• Iraq
• Syria
• Jordan
Water Crisis- What is the cause??
• Desertification (expansion of the desert)
• Poor agricultural practices• Misuse of water (high consumption)• Drought
Yemen- People are moving to cities due to
aquifers depleting.
Effects of the Water Crisis
• Increased cost of water• Inability to grow food • Malnutrion and hunger-related illness• Decreased standard of living • Conflicts
Syria and Iraq blame Turkey's huge network of dams on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers for reducing water
supplies by 50 percent
List three issues that make desalination a LESS than perfect
solution• Health issues due to high amounts of
boron and bromide and lacks calcium
• Desalination plants harm wildlife and cause pollution
• Uses high amounts of energy
• Expensive
Other Solutions• Treated Wastewater
– Some treat wastewater multiple times– Used for crops – People fear contamination
• Importing water– Pipelines built for water distribution– Countries must work together to maintain
pipelines
• Conservation– Limit use– Use drought tolerant crops– Change agricultural practices.
Do you know ??
• That GE is the world’s largest supplier of desalination plants in the world.
• GE’s desalination plants reclaim 2 trillion gallons of water a day.
• Their reverse osmosis plants take waste water and change it to 100 million gallons of water a day.
