1. How Water Impacts Africa

2. Water Very important resource
Can’t live without water
Some regions have an overabundance of water
Central Africa; Rainforest
Some regions have very little water
Deserts and Sahel; North Africa

3. Irrigation Pollution Unequal Distribution
When water is polluted it can burn the crops as well as it destroys the soil
Cities need so much water that farms do not get enough therefore there is not as much food grown

4. Trade Pollution Unequal Distribution
Oil spills on the coast kill marine life and destroys beaches
Polluted water hurts farming and fishing
Countries with no coastline have less trade than those that do
Countries that have no outlet to the seas or oceans, this makes them landlocked, are poor

5. Industry Pollution Unequal Distribution
Industrial waste is destroying lakes and rivers
Industrial waste also kills marine life and ruins beaches
Industries must have water; the lack of water means lack of industrial growth and less money

6. Drinking Water Pollution Unequal Distribution
Pollution from sewage and fertilizer run-off means less drinking water and more illness
All people need good clean drinking water but there is not a lot of this throughout Africa

7. More on Drinking Water
In Sub-Saharan Africa less than 50% of people have safe drinking water
Lack of Basic Sanitation
Feces Disposal Problem
Carried into rivers where people and livestock drink, bathe, etc
Diseases
Cholera

8. More on Drinking Water Fact:
1 child dies every 15 seconds from illnesses from dirty water = crashing 20 jumbo jets everyday
240 an hour
5760 a day

10. Questions
You are going to answer the questions on the bottom half of page 74 in your ISN and then glue the question page on top so that it flips! (If you need more space to answer you can write on the back of the questions page) 