Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
16 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Arab Gulf States |
Bahrain Iraq Kuwait Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia UAE |
|
|
Nile River Passings |
Tanzania Uganda Rwanda Burundi Congo Kenya Ethiopia Eritrea South Sudan Sudan Egypt |
|
|
Bodies of Water |
Red Sea Persian Gulf Arabian Sea Gulf of Oman |
|
|
Advantages of Smart Meter |
Supports Smart Dubai Initiative Reduces waste water |
|
|
Cloud Seeding |
Spreading of dry ice or silver iodide aerosols in upper part of clouds to form rain. |
|
|
Suqia |
UAE Water Aid initiative that raised 180 million DHS in 18 days for 7 million people. |
|
|
Businesses reduce waste by |
Treating waste water before discharging it Using water for cooling or heating Using water from roof collection for toilet flushing, irrigation, or vehicle washing. |
|
|
What can the Municipal Authority do to help? |
They can use the waste water to irrigate green spaces and clean streets. |
|
|
UAE Strategy |
Introducing tariff systems based on water meter Creating mass awareness Drip Irrigation Providing safe drinking water from taps Using efficient irrigation techniques |
|
|
Higher Temps n Extreme Weather Conditions |
Affects availability of rainfall, snowmelt, river flows; this affects low income communities. |
|
|
Main Goal of Climate C. Mitigation Strategy |
To ensure everyone has water and sanitation services. |
|
|
Untreated water going back into ecosystmw |
drinking water might be contaminated with feces with could give people diseases |
|
|
Geopolitics |
Influence of geography and economics on politics |
|
|
The 4 Taps |
Local Catchment: A network of drains and canals that lead to 17 reservoirs; costly to increase Imported Water: They imports about 250 million gallons a day from Malaysia’s Johor River because of the agreement that they formed in 1962, this ends in 2061 NE Water: Ultra clean water, expensive. Desalination: removes dissolved salts from water
|
|
|
Solutions to problems with Desalination |
Sell salt instead of wasting it Build smaller plants Know the exact amount of water you need to produce that will satisfy the people’s needs Build plants in uninhabited areas |
|
|
Disadvantages of Desalination |
Expensive Takes Large Areas Pollutes the earth |
