What is water mining, What are the causes and consequences

What is water mining

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1. What does it mean to say that "there is no new water"? Why does the film say that water is NOT a renewable resource? What does this imply about water sustainability?

2. What is "water mining"? What are the causes and consequences of this practice? Explain why this practice is unsustainable and give an example to illustrate your point.

3. Historically, water projects have involved the construction of centralized hydroelectic dams, pipelines, canals, water treatment facilities, and desalination plants that are hugely expensive and technologically complex. Can you suggest some ways that water management can be de-centralized and made small, simple, and affordable enough to be accessible to even rural villages? What might governments and businesses do to avoid future water wars? Why aren't they doing it now?

4. Is water a legitimate property right? In other words, should a corporation be able to come into a community, buy up rights to withdraw water from a spring or aquifer, and sell it at a profit even though people who live in that community may not have access to the water they need? Currently, this is legal in most of the world. Should it be?

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