HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Because clean drinking water is scarce in the region
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because the economy is dependent of exporting water
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because it prevents ships from traveling along major waterways
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because it reduces the amount of electricity generated by hydropower
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Detailed explanation-1: -Southwest Asia’s biggest pollution problems come from human sewage, agricultural runoff, and industrial waste. Rapid growth of industry in cities and towns has caused garbage and sewage to build up in rivers and streams. Towns without proper sewer systems dump untreated human waste directly into rivers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Some of the water is used in agricultural projects in the Negev Desert, and some for drinking water. Because the water sources flow through several countries and access to the water is restricted, the National Water Carrier Project is a source of international conflict.
Detailed explanation-3: -Southwest Asia is mostly desert, resulting in the lack of water, but an even greater need for it. Southwest Asians need the water to drink, trade, and to grow the crops needed to survive. One problem in Southwest Asia is water pollution.
Detailed explanation-4: -Unsafe water is the primary cause of diarrheal and waterborne diseases like cholera, hepatitis A, typhoid and polio among children.
Detailed explanation-5: -SHARE THIS PAGE. Water resources in Asia and the Pacific are under increasing pressure from population growth, urbanization, pollution, over-abstraction of groundwater, and climate change.