Earth Science Week 7 Wednesday

Students will learn about the sustainability of water resources by analyzing, interpreting  and evaluating case studies.

Questions:

1. What do you think sustainable water use means?
2. What factors do you think impact water use sustainability?
3. How can groundwater be used unsustainably? 

Case Studies

1. Thompson (2008). The Aral Sea Crisis. Columbia University.

http://www.columbia.edu/~tmt2120/introduction.htm [Read through the 4 web pages]

2. Symmes, P (2003). River Impossible. Outside, 28(8):64-68, 108-111.

http://www.outsideonline.com/1821746/river-impossible

3. Di Nunzio, J (2013).  Conflict on the Nile: The Future of Transboundary Water Disputes Over the World’s Longest River. Future Directions International. http://futuredirections.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Nile_Conflict_Potential.pdf

4. McKinney, D, Czekanski, AJ, Pitman, SH, Al Awar, Z and Akcay, M (2011). Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, in Transboundary Water Challenge: Case Studies. Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State. Pp. 87-94. http://www.caee.utexas.edu/prof/mckinney/ce397/Readings/TransboundaryWaterIssues.pdf