water cycle and water insecurity

Question 1

How many tons of of polluted materials were discharged into the waters of Guangdong river in 2007?

Answer 1

13 billion

Question 2

How many tons of of waste water were discharged into the waters of Guangdong river in 2007?

Answer 2

8 billion

Question 3

When was the Bostcastle flood?

Answer 3

August, 2004

Question 4

How much rain fell in 2 hours in Bostcastle?

Answer 4

75mm

Question 5

give 4 causes of the bostcastle flood.

Answer 5

Ground was saturated before flood
steep sided valley
confluence of 2 rivers
low bridges trapped by trees

Question 6

The 2015 cumbria floods were caused by what storm?

Answer 6

Storm desmond (2015)

Question 7

How much rain fell at Honister pass (cumbria) in 24 hours?

Answer 7

340 mm

Question 8

When was the Mississippi flood?

Answer 8

1993

Question 9

Mississippi - levees

Answer 9

3000km up to 15m

Question 10

Mississippi - channel straightening

Answer 10

1750km

Question 11

When was the pakistan flood?

Answer 11

2010

Question 12

how many died in Pakistan flood?

Answer 12

at least 1600

Question 13

how many acres of farmland were flooded in pakistan flood?

Answer 13

1.4 million

Question 14

what was the estimated total cost of the pakistan flood?

Answer 14

$43 billion

Question 15

By what year was the Aral sea 10% of its original size?

Answer 15

2007

Question 16

In what year did a private water company take over what Bolivian city?

Answer 16

2000
Cochabamba

Question 17

Bills in Cochabamba increased by how much (%) for most people?

Answer 17

200-300%

Question 18

How many countries is the Nile agreement between?

Answer 18

11

Question 19

The Nile provides what percentage of Egypt’s water?

Answer 19

95%

Question 20

When was the first Nile agreement?

Answer 20

1929

Question 21

What was included in the first Nile agreement?

Answer 21

significant allocations to egypt and sudan
veto powers on dam construction

Question 22

When was the Cooperative Framework Agreement signed (Nile) ?

Answer 22

2010

Question 23

What is the name of the dam announced by Ethiopia in 2011, and whn was an agreement reached?

Answer 23

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam
2015

Question 24

How many US states are part of the Colorado river pact?

Answer 24

7

Question 25

When was the Colorado River Pact negotiated?

Answer 25

1922

Question 26

What % of the Colorado river's water is used before reaching Mexico?

Answer 26

90%

Question 27

How much has Colorado's river flow been reduced by since 2000?

Answer 27

20% (climate change)

Question 28

In 1990 Turkey shut off the flow of The Euphrates for how many days?

Answer 28

90 days

Question 29

How many dams are part of the GAP project?

Answer 29

22

Question 30

In Iraq, flows are down by how much (%)?

Answer 30

80%

Question 31

In Syria, flows are down by how much (%)?

Answer 31

40%

Question 32

How many people were relocated for the construction of the Three Gorges Dam?

Answer 32

1.3 million people

Question 33

By how much does the three gorges dam reduce coal consumption?

Answer 33

31 million tonnes per year

Question 34

What percentage of China's water is in the south?

Answer 34

80%

Question 35

The South-North water transfer has the capacity to deliver how much freshwater annually?

Answer 35

25 billion m3

Question 36

What is the construction cost of the south-North water transfer?

Answer 36

$80 billion

Question 37

How many people where displaced by the South-North water transfer?

Answer 37

300k

Question 38

What are the 4 taps (Singapore) ?

Answer 38

1. Imported water from Malaysia 2. NEWater 3. desalination 4. local catchment water

Question 39

When does the agreement between Singapore and Malaysia end?

Answer 39

2061

Question 40

What is NEWater and it currently meets how much of there demand?

Answer 40

recycled water 30%

Question 41

desalination provides how much of singapores water?

Answer 41

25%

Question 42

3 examples of sustainable water strategies.

Answer 42

Water aid in Uganda smart irrigation in Australia Berlin rules

Question 43

How much has smart irrigation increased Australia's water productivity by?

Answer 43

60%