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Scarcity amt |
1000m3/persons |
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Absolute scarcity |
<500m3/person |
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Stress |
1700m3/person |
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Economic scarcity |
Too poor for water,govt sucks at distributing water evenly |
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Physical scarcity |
Not enough water, water access is too far. |
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Water scarcity contributions |
Pop growth Urbanization Consumption increase Climate change |
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% of world under water stress |
66% |
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Amt of ppl who are water scarce |
700m ppl |
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Desalination |
Taking salt out of water |
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Why not more desalination |
Expensive, environment concerns, uses lotsa energy |
