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Monitor Disputes
Throughout history, people have struggled for control of fresh water.
Today as the human population grows that struggle is intensifying
around the world.
How much of the world's water is fresh?
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One major conflict over fresh water involves
the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in the Middle East, where Turkey,
Syria and Iraq all have competing interests in the same waters.
Syria and Iraq came to the brink of war in 1975 over water.
Now, as population continues to grow in the region, all three
countries are looking to the same waters to supply drinking
water, irrigate farmlands and operate hydroelectric power plants.
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What is the current status of the Tigris-Euphrates conflict?
Research it on the Web and turn in two or three paragraphs
to your teacher.
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