WATER CONFLICTS To understand where the potential water conflicts in Israel The Middle East What did we identify as the problems in the Middle East How had Turkey tried to combat this Was it successful ID: 315511
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What are the potential implications of an increasingly ‘water insecure’ world?
WATER CONFLICTS
To understand where the potential water conflicts in
IsraelSlide2
The Middle East
What did we identify as the problems in the Middle East?
How had Turkey tried to combat this?
Was it successful?Slide3
Israel
Israel is facing a shortage of water because
The population is growing (1.5% a year)
Droughts are increasingly common and prolonged
Internal competition for the limited water supplies is increasing
Often in dispute with it’s neighboursConsumes more that it naturally receives
500 BILLION LITRES MORESlide4
Political Stability
Israel has a history of political instability in the region
1967: Six Day War – Israel gained controlled over the Jordan River capturing the West Bank from Jordan, the Golan Heights from Syria and the Gaza Strip from Egypt
1993: Oslo Accords led to Israel withdrawing from parts of the Gaza Strip and West Bank
1994: Jordan peace treaty initiated cooperation over the sustainable use of the
Yarmouk
River2004: Manavgat Project – Turkey agreed to ship water to Israel in return for high-tech military supportThese all mean that it is vital for Israel to secure
water pathway
s to help guarantee suppliesSlide5
Political Stability
The Israelis say
that they
are constantly under militant attack
and the
very survival of the Jewish state hangs in the balanceThe Palestinians claim a right to return to the land that refugees fled in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war or the Six Day War in
1967Many Palestinians support suicide bombings and other militant attacks that often target civilians, arguing that the attacks are legitimate since civilians have been killed in Israeli strikes
When
Israelis respond to attacks with their superior firepower, they are accused of using overkill on the Palestinian
population
The
Israeli government is criticized when they use means such as sanctions and blockades to try to force the Palestinian Authority's hand in stopping attacks on the Jewish stateSlide6
Whose water is it?
The continuously shifting borders has not made Israel’s job of providing water any easy
Population is expected to increase to 11 million by 2050
Israelis still restrict the access that Palestinians have to water sources
Many Israelis and Palestinians accuse each other of mismanagementSlide7
Water Sources
Israel have the highest consumption of all Middle Eastern countries (2200 billion L/
yr
)
Three main sources are beginning to show signs of degradation, with irreversible contamination by seawater
Each provides 25% of Israel’s waterThe Sea of Galilee, fed by the R. Jordan and Golan HeightsMountain aquifers, mostly in the West Bank
Coastal aquifersSlide8
Saline IntrusionSlide9
Your Task
We already know about how one country in the Middle East is tackling its water security
Israel is taking a very different approach
Research and create a case study on Israel’s water security issues
What issues are they facing?
What disputes are there?Other dilemmas they are facing
Plans of action for the futureSlide10
What do you think?
Which country has managed its problems more effectively?
Is new technology replacing dams as the solution to our water problems?Slide11
What do we already know?
What do we already know about the water situation in Africa?