If I were to travel back into time to talk about these water problems that Syria is having I would go directly to them. First off reading the article and knowing that Syria, Iraq, and Iran are losing water the fastest. Also it is a known fact that 117 million acre-feet stored freshwater vanished due to the lack of leadership and policies. Farmers from Syria had to abandon their land because of the lack of water that was needed in Syria. I few things that I would try to do to help this issue of losing water is first look for a leader that would take action and look for a change. Second off I would implement strategies that would make it harder to waste water, and cut down on the amount used each day. Lastly, instead of having these fights with other people and countries. I would advise and create a plan of action that would allow countries to come together to help conserve water and sharing a water source so that people aren’t likely to hoard water such as Turkey did. According to religion and beliefs, I think they need to disregard that for now. Water as we all know is needed in life. Without water people are going to die off. Yes, religion and beliefs are important but in this case we need people to realize that and take charge bringing people together and on the same track of conserving water.
It’s hard to say if there is anything that I would keep the same because it seems as if everyone is having troubles conserving water. I would say this Jordanians seem like they did a decent job as conserving water although on the other hand there has been people fleeing to them. Water will eventually run out therefor yes, they do a good job conserving it but at the same time they are going to need some changes to bring in more water to compromise all the people coming in.
I think the leaders wouldn’t view my recommendations because I may not be credible to them. I’m not one of them and they may not like an outsider coming in and telling them what to do. At the same time if the water crisis go bad enough I think any changes that I brought up is something that all the leaders may think about regardless if its what they want to hear.
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What kind of policies is there if any are these countries using?
How much rain are the countries getting and catching for water?
How much water are these countries going through on a daily, monthly, and yearly basis?
Great place that I would go to for this information would be the BSU library and get something that might bee peer reviewed. These are always a really good source for a research paper. Any article that has credibility would be a huge plus just to show these leaders of these countries that you have some credibility so they might put some thought into your action plan.
Kyle,
I agree with what you had to say. Its hard to have expert opinions when we aren’t experts. I also agree that its hard to know what to keep the same, because its obviously not working. I liked how you would want to know how much water the countries are going through on a daily basis. That is something I didn’t think about, but would be valuable information to have. I just wonder how you would collect this information, especially with so much civil unrest going on?
Hey Kyle I just want to say great job on the blog. Most of all the thing I was impressed about was the taking it from a more political standpoint rather than a need for a structure. There is one thing I’m curious about, by knowing how much rain water they get how does that help with what you would recommend? I ask because I was thinking about the same thing but what stopped me was one they are in a desert and rain isn’t that common and secondly the rain water I felt wouldn’t be enough to support anything. What are your thoughts on this topic?
Yeah I had similar thoughts about the desert. My main reasoning behind that topic was just to get a baseline of how much water this place gets if any really at all. With that being said knowing how little water they get it would be a strong push to have strict water policies.
I really enjoyed your post and think that your plan would be a much needed complete over haul of the system. I agree that it has been severely mismanaged and someone needs to come in who is a forward thinker and clean up the mess. I am wondering if something like this can be fixed? With them wasting so much water do you think they are at a point of no return?
I think that most countries accept foreign help as long as that person comes in and respects the current culture and listens to the constraints and maybe understanding why things have been done a certain way.
Also, the extra items you would research would be great information to have in order to make a well thought out decision for the future.