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*[[The Water War]] - is a documentary movie about the Water conflict in Mozambique |
*[[The Water War]] - is a documentary movie about the Water conflict in Mozambique |
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<ref>Africa's next war over water bbc news</ref>. |
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*[[The conflict between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Nile river water Al-ahram news paper]] |
Revision as of 05:22, 5 June 2013
War over Water usually means Water conflict. It may also refer to the following:
Arc112 (talk) 05:15, 5 June 2013 (UTC)==Conflicts==
- War over Water (Bolivia) - also known as the 2000 Cochabamba protests
- War over Water (Jordan river) - tensions between Israel and the Arab League in late 1960s over water supply from Jordan river basin
- California Water Wars - were a series of conflicts between the city of Los Angeles, farmers and ranchers in the Owens Valley of Eastern California, and environmentalists
- Water wars in Florida
- Tri-state water dispute - is a water use conflict between the states of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida over the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin and the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin
- The conflict between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Nile river's water.Ethiopia is building a new dame over the Blue Nile that is going to affect the share of Egypt's water that could lead into a conflict between the two countries.
Egypt had it historical control over most of the Nile river according to several international agreements, which Ethiopia is no longer recognizing any of them.
Ethiopia's dam would affect the ECO system in the African continent and it will Eventually prevent the Egyptian agriculture sector from growing to meet the demand of it's rapidly growing population.
Water for Egypt id an essential since it's been used to generate clean energy "hydro power" through the High dame.
The new Ethiopian dam knowing as the Renaissance dame is set to generate 6 G.W OF electricity.
The high dame of Egypt will lose it's value over the time especially during the dry season since most of the water will be held behind the Ethiopian dam.
The environmental impact of the Ethiopian dame is unbearable, Sudan which got the most fertilized land will lose that over the time since the dame will hold most of the renewing soil behind it.
Ethiopia needs an economical development to get the country out of it's poverty but also Egypt on the other hand a country with a population close to 100,000,000 people are mainly depending or Irrigation for agriculture just enough to feed it's own people.
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